BEAUTY
Dictionary entry overview: What does beauty mean?
• BEAUTY (noun)
The noun BEAUTY has 3 senses:
1. the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
2. a very attractive or seductive looking woman
3. an outstanding example of its kind
Familiarity information: BEAUTY used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• BEAUTY (noun)
Meaning:
The qualities that give pleasure to the senses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("beauty" is a kind of...):
appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)
Attribute:
beautiful (delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration)
ugly (displeasing to the senses)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beauty"):
raw beauty (beauty that is stark and powerfully impressive)
good looks; handsomeness (the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man))
cuteness; prettiness (the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman))
beauteousness; comeliness; fairness; loveliness (the quality of being good looking and attractive)
glamor; glamour (alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal))
pulchritude (physical beauty (especially of a woman))
pleasingness (an agreeable beauty that gives pleasure or enjoyment)
picturesqueness (visually vivid and pleasing)
exquisiteness (extreme beauty of a delicate sort)
glory; resplendence; resplendency (brilliant radiant beauty)
attractiveness (a beauty that appeals to the senses)
Antonym:
ugliness (qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses)
Meaning:
A very attractive or seductive looking woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
stunner; mantrap; lulu; knockout; looker; peach; ravisher; smasher; beauty; sweetheart; dish
Hypernyms ("beauty" is a kind of...):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
Meaning:
An outstanding example of its kind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
beaut; beauty
Context examples:
his roses were beauties / when I make a mistake it's a beaut
Hypernyms ("beauty" is a kind of...):
example; exemplar; good example; model (something to be imitated)
