Beauty is the state or quality of being beautiful.
...an area of outstanding natural beauty.
Everyone admired her elegance and her beauty.
Synonyms: attractiveness, appeal, charm, grace More Synonyms of beauty
2. countable noun
A beauty is a beautiful woman.
[journalism]
She is known as a great beauty.
Synonyms: good-looker, looker [informal], lovely [slang], sensation More Synonyms of beauty
3. countable noun
You can say that something is a beauty when you think it is very good.
[informal]
The pass was a real beauty, but the shot was poor.
4. countable noun [usually plural]
The beauties of something are its attractive qualities or features.
[literary]
He was beginning to enjoy the beauties of nature.
5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Beauty is used to describe people, products, and activities that are concerned with making someone look beautiful.
Additional beauty treatments can be booked in advance.
6. countable noun
If you say that a particular feature is thebeautyof something, you mean that this feature is what makes the thing so good.
There would be no effect on animals–that's the beauty of such water-based materials.
Synonyms: advantage, good, use, benefit More Synonyms of beauty
More Synonyms of beauty
beauty in British English
(ˈbjuːtɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ties
1.
the combination of all the qualities of a person or thing that delight the senses and please the mind
2.
a very attractive and well-formed girl or woman
3. informal
an outstanding example of its kind
the horse is a beauty
4. informal
an advantageous feature
one beauty of the job is the short hours
5. informal, old-fashioned
a light-hearted and affectionate term of address
hello, my old beauty!
exclamation
6. (New Zealand English ˈbjuːdɪ)
an expression of approval or agreement
Also (Scot, Austral, and NZ): you beauty
Word origin
C13: from Old French biauté, from biau beautiful; see beau
beauty in American English
(ˈbjuti)
nounWord forms: pluralˈbeauties
1.
the quality attributed to whatever pleases or satisfies the senses or mind, as by line, color, form, texture, proportion, rhythmic motion, tone, etc., or by behavior, attitude, etc.
2.
a thing having this quality
3.
good looks
4.
a very good-looking woman
5.
any very attractive feature
Word origin
ME beaute < OFr bealte < VL *bellitas < L bellus, pretty, lovely
COBUILD Collocations
beauty
sheer beauty
Examples of 'beauty' in a sentence
beauty
The department store said it was sitting pretty thanks to bumper sales of beauty products.
The Sun (2017)
This region is poor but stuffed with historical sites and stunning natural beauty.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The trick is to look towards winter beauty.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The final result is a thing of beauty.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But there has always been an implicit understanding that it has to be done in a way that preserves the beauty of this area.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
After the microbeads scandal, plastic isn't something beauty brands are keen to discuss.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
To enjoy the beauty of inefficient prayer takes time.
Christianity Today (2000)
Try great swimwear and the right beauty products.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The problem is that we have forgotten what real beauty looks like.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He was also flabbergasted at the beauty of our countryside.
The Sun (2014)
It had been dumped in the middle of a beauty spot.
The Sun (2011)
There was a power cut at the beauty salon.
The Sun (2007)
She had her beauty and her elegance and her humour to protect her.
Paula Byrne PERDITA: The Life of Mary Robinson (2004)
Their passing and movement is a real thing of beauty.
The Sun (2015)
Evenings like this are usually something of a beauty contest.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The blinding nature of beauty invites caution.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The hotel also has a spa with health and beauty treatments and an indoor pool.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Out of doors day and night enjoying amazing natural beauty exposed our hearts.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
One problem is certification and defining what a fair trade beauty product is.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The ideas for the beauty looks on the catwalk are powerful.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He acknowledges the beauties of the countryside in which the turbines would be imposed.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Why is it not a national priority to rid national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty of pylons?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is a beauty pageant in which contestants strut their stuff in skimpy outfits but wear masks to hide their face.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
More money will be made available to put electricity lines underground or to screen pylons using trees in areas of outstanding beauty.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The rights may be restricted in conservation areas, national parks and areas of outstanding beauty.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And yet what it lacks in this department, it more than fails to make up for in natural beauty.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Quotations
A thing of beauty is a joy forever; Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingnessJohn KeatsEndymion
If you get simple beauty and nought else, You get about the best thing God inventsRobert BrowningFra Lippo Lippi
`Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to knowJohn KeatsOde on a Grecian Urn
The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it isNadine GordimerA Bolter and the Invincible Summer
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodnessLeo TolstoyThe Kreutzer Sonata
Beauty vanishes; beauty passesWalter de la MareEpitaph
Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from usEugène IonescoPresent Past - Past Present
Beauty is the moment of transition, as if the form were just ready to flow into other formsRalph Waldo EmersonThe Conduct of Life
Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of manFedor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov
All changed, changed utterly; A terrible beauty is bornW.B. YeatsEaster 1916
Beauty is feared, more than deathWilliam Carlos WilliamsPaterson
Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of natureCamille PagliaSexual Personae
Beauty is no quality in things themselves. It exists merely in the mind which contemplates themDavid HumeEssays, Moral, Political, and Literary
Ask a toad what is beauty ...; he will answer that it is a female with two great round eyes coming out of her little head, a large flat mouth, a yellow belly and a brown backVoltairePhilosophical Dictionary
I always say beauty is only sin deepSaki (H.H. Munro)Reginald
Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happinessStendhalOn Love
Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?George Bernard ShawMan and Superman
Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about itW.Somerset MaughamCakes and Ale
Your looks are laughable, unphotographable, yet you're my favourite work of artLorenz HartMy Funny Valentine
Was this the face that launched a thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?Christopher MarloweDoctor Faustus
Beauty and Truth, though never found, are worthy to be soughtRobert Williams BuchananTo David in Heaven
I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautifulJohn Constable
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Beauty is only skin deep
In other languages
beauty
British English: beauty /ˈbjuːtɪ/ NOUN
Beauty is the state or quality of being beautiful.
...an area of outstanding natural beauty.
American English: beauty
Arabic: جَمال
Brazilian Portuguese: beleza
Chinese: 美景
Croatian: ljepota
Czech: krása
Danish: skønhed
Dutch: schoonheid
European Spanish: belleza
Finnish: kauneus
French: beauté
German: Schönheit
Greek: ομορφιά
Italian: bellezza
Japanese: 美しさ
Korean: 미인
Norwegian: skjønnhet
Polish: piękność
European Portuguese: beleza
Romanian: frumusețe
Russian: красота
Latin American Spanish: belleza
Swedish: skönhet
Thai: ความงาม
Turkish: güzellik
Ukrainian: краса
Vietnamese: vẻ đẹp
All related terms of 'beauty'
beauty bush
a hardy shrub ( Kolkwitzia amabilis ) of the honeysuckle family, having tubular pink flowers with white bristly hairs on the ovary
beauty mark
a natural mark or mole on the skin
beauty shop
A beauty shop is the same as a → beauty parlour .
beauty spot
A beauty spot is a place in the country that is popular because of its beautiful scenery .
you beauty
the combination of all the qualities of a person or thing that delight the senses and please the mind
beauty advice
If you give someone advice , you tell them what you think they should do in a particular situation.
beauty cream
a cosmetic cream
beauty editor
the person in charge of a section of newspaper or magazine devoted to cosmetics , etc
beauty parlor
an establishment that offers hairdressing, manicuring , or other cosmetic treatments
beauty quark
→ bottom quark
beauty queen
A beauty queen is a woman who has won a beauty contest.
beauty regime
A regime is a set of rules about food, exercise , or beauty that some people follow in order to stay healthy or attractive .
beauty salon
A beauty salon is the same as a → beauty parlour .
beauty secret
A secret is a fact that is known by only a small number of people, and is not told to anyone else.
beauty sleep
sleep , esp sleep before midnight
beauty trend
To set a trend means to do something that becomes accepted or fashionable , and that a lot of other people copy .
meadow beauty
any of a genus ( Rhexia ) of perennial North American plants of the melastome family, with pink or lavender flowers and large stamens
sheer beauty
Beauty is the state or quality of being beautiful .
spring beauty
a pale green annual plant ( Claytonia perfoliata ) of the purslane family, originally North American, having small white flowers above fused leaves that encircle the stem
American Beauty
a variety of hybrid , perennial red rose
bathing beauty
an attractive girl in a swimming costume
beauty contest
A beauty contest is a competition in which young women are judged to decide which one is the most beautiful .
beauty culture
the skill or occupation of a beautician
beauty pageant
A beauty pageant is the same as a → beauty contest .
beauty parlour
A beauty parlour is a place where people can go to have beauty treatments , for example to have their hair, nails or make-up done.
beauty product
A product is something that is produced and sold in large quantities, often as a result of a manufacturing process.
beauty routine
A routine is the usual series of things that you do at a particular time. A routine is also the practice of regularly doing things in a fixed order.
beauty competition
a competition in which the participants, usually women, are judged on their attractiveness, with a prize , and often a title, awarded to the winner
beauty specialist
a person who helps someone to improve their beauty , such as a make-up artist
beauty therapist
a person whose job is to carry out treatments to improve a person's appearance , such as facials , manicures , removal of unwanted hair, etc
beauty treatment
the use of some form of treatment to improve someone's beauty such as a facial , manicure or depilation
Camberwell beauty
a nymphalid butterfly , Nymphalis antiopa, of temperate regions, having dark purple wings with cream-yellow borders
age before beauty
(often said humorously when yielding precedence ) older people take precedence over younger people
beauty preparations
the cosmetics , creams etc used to improve someone's beauty
Rome
the capital of Italy , on the River Tiber : includes the independent state of the Vatican City; traditionally founded by Romulus on the Palatine Hill in 753 bc , later spreading to six other hills east of the Tiber; capital of the Roman Empire ; a great cultural and artistic centre, esp during the Renaissance . Pop: 3 717 956 (2015 est)
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty : an area designated by the appropriate government bodies as requiring protection to conserve and enhance its natural beauty
Chinese translation of 'beauty'
beauty
(ˈbjuːtɪ)
n
(u) (= quality) 美 (měi)
(c) (= beautiful woman) 美人 (měirén) (个(個), gè)
(c) (fig, = attraction)
the beauty of it is that ... 好处(處)在于(於) ... (hǎochù zàiyú ... )
Derived Forms
beautiesn pl (liter) 魅力 (mèilì)
1 (noun)
Definition
the combination of all the qualities of a person or thing that delight the senses and mind
an area of outstanding natural beauty
Synonyms
attractiveness
Physical attractiveness can play a major part in how we react to people.
appeal
It was meant to give the party greater public appeal.
charm
He was a man of great distinction and charm.
grace
bloom
glamour
Her air of mystery only added to her glamour.
fairness
elegance
Princess Grace's understated elegance
symmetry (formal, literary)
allure
It's a game that has really lost its allure.
loveliness
prettiness
seductiveness
gorgeousness
pleasantness
handsomeness
pulchritude
winsomeness
comeliness (old-fashioned)
exquisiteness
seemliness
pleasingness
prepossessingness
Opposites
ugliness
,
unpleasantness
,
repulsiveness
,
unseemliness
2 (noun)
Definition
a very attractive woman
She is known as a great beauty.
Synonyms
good-looker
looker (informal)
lovely (slang)
sensation
dazzler
belle
She was the belle of the ball in her new dress.
goddess
Venus
peach (informal)
cracker (slang)
wow (slang, mainly US)
dolly (slang)
knockout (informal)
She was a knockout in navy and scarlet.
heart-throb
stunner (informal)
charmer
smasher (informal)
humdinger (slang)
glamour puss
beaut (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
3 (noun)
Definition
an advantageous feature
the beauty of such water-based minerals
Synonyms
advantage
A good crowd will be a definite advantage to the team.
good
I'm only doing all this for your own good.
use
There's no use you asking me any more questions about that.
benefit
I'm a great believer in the benefits of this form of therapy.
profit
They saw little profit in risking their lives to capture the militants.
gain
He buys art solely for financial gain.
asset
Her leadership qualities were a great asset to the party.
attraction
blessing
the blessings of prosperity
good thing
utility
He inwardly questioned the utility of his work.
excellence
boon
This battery booster is a boon for photographers.
Opposites
disadvantage
,
flaw
,
detraction
(plural noun)
He was beginning to enjoy the beauties of nature.
Synonyms
delights
wonders
glories
Quotations
A thing of beauty is a joy forever; Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness [John Keats – Endymion]If you get simple beauty and nought else, You get about the best thing God invents [Robert Browning – Fra Lippo Lippi]`Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know [John Keats – Ode on a Grecian Urn]The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is [Nadine Gordimer – A Bolter and the Invincible Summer]It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness [Leo Tolstoy – The Kreutzer Sonata]Beauty vanishes; beauty passes [Walter de la Mare – Epitaph]Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us [Eugène Ionesco – Present Past - Past Present]Beauty is the moment of transition, as if the form were just ready to flow into other forms [Ralph Waldo Emerson – The Conduct of Life]Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man [Fedor Dostoevsky – The Brothers Karamazov]All changed, changed utterly; A terrible beauty is born [W.B. Yeats – Easter 1916]Beauty is feared, more than death [William Carlos Williams – Paterson]Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature [Camille Paglia – Sexual Personae]Beauty is no quality in things themselves. It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them [David Hume – Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary]Ask a toad what is beauty ...; he will answer that it is a female with two great round eyes coming out of her little head, a large flat mouth, a yellow belly and a brown back [Voltaire – Philosophical Dictionary]I always say beauty is only sin deep [Saki (H.H. Munro) – Reginald]Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness [Stendhal – On Love]Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days? [George Bernard Shaw – Man and Superman]Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it [W.Somerset Maugham – Cakes and Ale]Your looks are laughable, unphotographable, yet you're my favourite work of art [Lorenz Hart – My Funny Valentine]Was this the face that launched a thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? [Christopher Marlowe – Doctor Faustus]Beauty and Truth, though never found, are worthy to be sought [Robert Williams Buchanan – To David in Heaven]I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful [John Constable]
proverbs
Beauty is in the eye of the beholderBeauty is only skin deep
Additional synonyms
in the sense of allure
Definition
attractiveness or appeal
It's a game that has really lost its allure.
Synonyms
attractiveness,
appeal,
charm,
attraction,
lure,
temptation,
glamour,
persuasion,
enchantment,
enticement,
seductiveness
in the sense of appeal
Definition
the power to attract, please, or interest people
It was meant to give the party greater public appeal.
Synonyms
attraction,
charm,
fascination,
charisma,
beauty,
attractiveness,
allure,
magnetism,
enchantment,
seductiveness,
interestingness,
engagingness,
pleasingness
in the sense of asset
Definition
a thing or person that is valuable or useful
Her leadership qualities were a great asset to the party.