English word
Desirable
Definitions
adjective
- having pleasing qualities or properties : attractive
- sexually attractivespecifically
- worth seeking or doing as advantageous, beneficial, or wise : advisable
Synonyms for desirable
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Synonyms by context
(of a person) Alluring or physically attractive
adjective
- attractive
- pretty
- handsome
- fetching
- alluring
- fair
- captivating
Beneficial or being of advantage
adjective
- advantageous
- advisable
- helpful
- useful
- beneficial
- expedient
- favorable
- favourable
- profitable
- prudent
Antonyms for desirable
(of a person) Opposite of alluring or physically attractive
Opposite of popular or in demand
- disagreeable
- objectionable
- unwanted
- unfavorable
- unfavourable
- distasteful
Opposite of beneficial or being of advantage
- disadvantageous
- imprudent
- inadvisable
- unwise
- impolitic
- inexpedient
- injudicious
- detrimental
- foolish
- silly
Phrases
- aesthetically appealing
- aesthetically pleasing
- a la mode
- all heart
- all right
- as if one had just stepped out of a bandbox
- a sight for sore eyes
- as nice as pie
- as pretty as a picture
- a ten
- dolled up
- doll face
- drawing attention
- dressed to kill
- dressed to the teeth
- drop-dead gorgeous
- easy on the eyes
- extremely attractive
- extremely enjoyable
- extremely pleasant