English noun: beauty | |||
| 1. | beauty (attribute) the qualities that give pleasure to the senses | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appearance, visual aspect | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | attractiveness, beauteousness, comeliness, cuteness, exquisiteness, fairness, glamor, glamour, glory, good looks, handsomeness, loveliness, picturesqueness, pleasingness, prettiness, pulchritude, raw beauty, resplendence, resplendency | ||
| Attribute | beautiful, ugly | ||
| Antonyms | ugliness | ||
| 2. | beauty (person) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | ||
| Synonyms | dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adult female, woman | ||
| 3. | beauty (cognition) an outstanding example of its kind | ||
| Samples | His roses were beauties. When I make a mistake it's a beaut. | ||
| Synonyms | beaut | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | example, exemplar, good example, model | ||