Cute

Quick meaning: Cute is an adjective meaning Lovable, charming, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.

Meaning

Lovable, charming, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.

More Meanings

1. Sexually attractive or pleasing; gorgeous.
2. Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.
3. Mentally keen or discerning (See also acute)
4. (especially mathematics) Evincing cleverness; surprising in its elegance or unconventionality (but of limited importance).
5. Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.

Example Sentences

He's got such cute buns.

Don't get cute with me, boy!

Let's go to the mall and look for cute girls.

Then Turpin being so very cute, He hid his money in his boot.

Word Forms

• cuter
• cutest

Synonyms for cute

Depending on context, synonyms include pretty, clever, shrewd, cunning, artful, attractive.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include attractive, precious, artful, cunning, cutie, adorable.

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