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good-looking

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɡʊdˈlʊk.ɪŋ/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Physically attractive (of a person).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beautiful, handsome, hot, sexy, fine-looking, fetching

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion- Thackeray- Lillian Hellman

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a fine-looking woman
  • a good-looking man
  • better-looking than her sister
  • very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome
  • our southern women are well-favored

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fine-looking, better-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From good + looking. Compare Dutch goeduitziend (“good-looking”), German gutaussehend (“good-looking”).

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَسَنُ الْمَظْهَرِ (ḥasanu l-maẓhari) — attractive
  • Arabic: وَسِيم (wasīm) — attractive
  • Arabic: جَمِيل (jamīl) — attractive
  • Arabic: حلو (ḥilw) — attractive
  • Arabic: حلو (ḥilu) — attractive
  • Bulgarian: ху́бав (húbav) — attractive
  • Bulgarian: краси́в (krasív) — attractive
  • Bulgarian: го́тин (gótin) — attractive
  • Chinese: 媠 (zh-min-nan) — attractive
  • Chinese Mandarin: 好看 (hǎokàn) — attractive
  • Danish: smuk — attractive
  • Esperanto: bela — attractive
  • Finnish: hyvännäköinen — attractive
  • French: beau — attractive
  • French: joli — attractive
  • French: sympathique — attractive
  • French: sympa — attractive
  • Galician: ben parecido — attractive
  • German: gutaussehend — attractive
  • German: hübsch — attractive
  • German: schön — attractive
  • German: attraktiv — attractive
  • Haitian Creole: bèl — attractive
  • Indonesian: atraktif — attractive
  • Indonesian: keren — attractive
  • Indonesian: menarik — attractive
  • Irish: dathúil — attractive
  • Irish: dóighiúil — attractive
  • Irish: gnaíúil — attractive
  • Irish: slachtmhar — attractive
  • Japanese: かっこいい (kakkoii) — attractive
  • Jarai: yâo — attractive
  • Khmer: ល្អល្អះ (l’ɑɑ l’ah) — attractive
  • Khmer: ភ័ព្វរូប (phoap ruup) — attractive
  • Khmer: រូបសម្បន្ន (ruup sɑmpɑɑnnɔ) — attractive
  • Korean: 멋있다 (meositda) — attractive
  • Latin: formōsus — attractive
  • Latvian: glīts — attractive
  • Malayalam: സുമുഖൻ (sumukhaṉ) — attractive
  • Manx: stoamey — attractive
  • Mongolian: үзэсгэлэн (üzesgelen) — attractive
  • Navajo: bíiyis — attractive
  • Persian: خوشچهره (xoš-čehre) — attractive
  • Persian: خوشقیافه (xoš-qiyâfe) — attractive
  • Plautdietsch: schmock — attractive
  • Polish: przystojny — attractive
  • Polish: urodziwy — attractive
  • Polish: atrakcyjny — attractive
  • Portuguese: bem-afeiçoado — attractive
  • Portuguese: bem-apessoado — attractive
  • Portuguese: bem-parecido — attractive
  • Russian: привлека́тельный (privlekátelʹnyj) — attractive
  • Russian: симпати́чный (simpatíčnyj) — attractive
  • Russian: хоро́шенький (xoróšenʹkij) — attractive
  • Spanish: de buen ver — attractive
  • Spanish: apuesto — attractive
  • Spanish: bien parecido — attractive
  • Spanish: galano — attractive
  • Swedish: snygg — attractive
  • Ottoman Turkish: كوزل (güzel, gözel) — attractive
  • Unami: wëlësi — attractive
  • Vietnamese: đẹp — attractive
  • Welsh: glandeg — attractive