" pretty "

1: as in dish, doll;

•  Synonyms : 

•  cutie-pie,

•  dish,

•  doll,

•  dreamboat,

•  hottie,

•  looker,

•  houri,

•  coquette,

•  femme fatale,

•  siren,

•  temptress,

•  vamp,

•  bathing beauty,

•  cover girl,

•  pinup girl,

•  belle,

•  charmer,

•  peach,

•  babe,

•  beauty,

•  beauty queen,

•  cookie,

•  cutie,

•  dolly bird,

•  enchantress,

•  eyeful,

•  fox,

•  goddess,

•  honey,

•  knockout,

•  queen,

•  stunner

•  Antonyms : 

•  bag,

•  frump,

•  crone,

•  hag,

•  witch

1: a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance;

  * e.g., " ... a downtown dance club with lots of pretty boys in attendance "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beau,

•  Beau Brummell,

•  buck,

•  dandy,

•  dude,

•  fop,

•  gallant,

•  jay,

•  lounge lizard,

•  macaroni

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: a physically attractive man;

  * e.g., " ... as a musical performer, he has yet to prove that he's more than just another pretty boy "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beefcake,

•  hunk,

•  stud,

•  superstud

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance;

  * e.g., " ... a downtown dance club with lots of pretty boys in attendance "

•  Synonyms : 

•  Beau Brummells,

•  beaux,

•  bucks,

•  dandies,

•  dudes,

•  fops,

•  gallants,

•  jays,

•  lounge lizards,

•  macaronis

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: a physically attractive man;

  * e.g., " ... as a musical performer, he has yet to prove that he's more than just another pretty boy "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beefcakes,

•  hunks,

•  studs,

•  superstuds

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: very pleasing to look at;

  * e.g., " ... a pretty young girl "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aesthetic,

•  attractive,

•  beauteous,

•  beautiful,

•  bonny,

•  comely,

•  cute,

•  drop-dead,

•  fair,

•  fetching,

•  good,

•  good-looking,

•  goodly,

•  gorgeous,

•  handsome,

•  knockout,

•  likely,

•  lovely,

•  lovesome,

•  ravishing,

•  seemly,

•  sightly,

•  stunning,

•  taking,

•  well-favored

•  Antonyms : 

•  grotesque,

•  hideous,

•  homely,

•  ill-favored,

•  plain,

•  ugly,

•  unaesthetic,

•  unattractive,

•  unbeautiful,

•  uncomely,

•  uncute,

•  unhandsome,

•  unlovely,

•  unpleasing,

•  unpretty,

•  unsightly

2: giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses;

  * e.g., " ... she was not a pretty sight after she fell off her horse and into the mud "

•  Synonyms : 

•  agreeable,

•  blessed,

•  congenial,

•  darling,

•  delectable,

•  delicious,

•  delightful,

•  delightsome,

•  dreamy,

•  dulcet,

•  enjoyable,

•  felicitous,

•  good,

•  grateful,

•  gratifying,

•  heavenly,

•  jolly,

•  luscious,

•  nice,

•  palatable,

•  pleasant,

•  pleasing,

•  pleasurable,

•  satisfying,

•  savory,

•  sweet,

•  tasty,

•  welcome

•  Antonyms : 

•  disagreeable,

•  pleasureless,

•  unpalatable,

•  unpleasant,

•  unwelcome

3: meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation;

  * e.g., " ... their misalliance is as pretty an example of an ill-conceived marriage as you're likely to find "

•  Synonyms : 

•  applicable,

•  appropriate,

•  apt,

•  becoming,

•  befitting,

•  felicitous,

•  fit,

•  fitted,

•  fitting,

•  good,

•  happy,

•  meet,

•  proper,

•  right,

•  suitable

•  Antonyms : 

•  improper,

•  inapplicable,

•  inapposite,

•  inappropriate,

•  inapt,

•  incongruous,

•  indecent,

•  infelicitous,

•  malapropos,

•  misbecoming,

•  unapt,

•  unbecoming,

•  unbeseeming,

•  unfit,

•  unfitting,

•  unhappy,

•  unmeet,

•  unseemly,

•  unsuitable,

•  wrong

1: to some degree or extent;

  * e.g., " ... we've had some pretty cold weather lately "

•  Synonyms : 

•  enough,

•  fairly,

•  kind of,

•  kindly,

•  like,

•  moderately,

•  more or less,

•  quite,

•  rather,

•  relatively,

•  something,

•  somewhat,

•  sort of

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming;

  * e.g., " ... you could pretty up the room rather inexpensively simply by painting it "

•  Synonyms : 

•  adorn,

•  array,

•  beautify,

•  bedeck,

•  bedizen,

•  blazon,

•  caparison,

•  deck,

•  decorate,

•  do,

•  do up,

•  doll up,

•  drape,

•  dress,

•  embellish,

•  emblaze,

•  emboss,

•  enrich,

•  fancify,

•  fancy up,

•  festoon,

•  garnish,

•  glitz (up),

•  grace,

•  gussy up,

•  ornament,

•  trim

•  Antonyms : 

•  blemish,

•  deface,

•  disfigure,

•  mar,

•  scar,

•  spoil

1: to rest on the buttocks or haunches;

  * e.g., " ... everybody needs to sit down because it's time for class "

•  Synonyms : 

•  set

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to cause to sit down;

  * e.g., " ... the host had to sit some of the guests on the porch "

•  Synonyms : 

•  seat,

•  set down

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop;

  * e.g., " ... we didn't want to disturb the hens, as they were sitting "

•  Synonyms : 

•  brood,

•  hatch,

•  incubate,

•  set

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: very close to but not completely;

  * e.g., " ... The snacks were pretty much depleted by the time our late guests arrived. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  about,

•  all but,

•  almost,

•  borderline,

•  fair,

•  fairly,

•  feckly,

•  more or less,

•  most,

•  much,

•  near,

•  nearly,

•  next to,

•  nigh,

•  practically,

•  somewhere,

•  virtually,

•  well-nigh

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)