Thesaurus:beauty
THESAURUS | beauty |
English
Sense: property of being pleasing to the eye
Detail: The property, quality, or state of being "that which pleases merely by being perceived" (Aquinas); that which is attractive, pleasing, fine, or good looking.
Synonyms
- beauty
- attractiveness
- comeliness
- gorgeousness
- loveliness
- prettiness
- pulchritude
Antonyms
- ugliness [WS]
Hypernyms
- guise [WS]
See also
- beautiful [WS]
- beautiful man [WS]
- beautiful woman [WS]
Further reading
- Wiktionary:Roget Thesaurus Classification
- Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers
- II. Personal Affections
- 2. Discriminative Affections
- “845. beauty” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- 2. Discriminative Affections
- II. Personal Affections
- Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers
- “beauty” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.