Synonyms of beau
120 similar words
Another word for beau is cat. Other synonyms of beau are blood, popinjay, carpet knight, dandy and dood.
Synonyms and similar words for beau
nounA man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.
- bloodA lively, showy man; a rake; a dandy.
- popinjayA vain, gaudy person; someone who is shallow or superficial.
- carpet knight
- dandy
- doodA riding camel or dromedary.
- fashionableA fashionable person; a fop.
- fast man
- fine gentleman
- fopA vain man; a dandy.
- fribbleA frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.
- gallantA fashionable young man who is polite and attentive to women.
- masherA fashionable man.
- metrosexual
- pretty boy slangA young man whose physical attractiveness is considered rather unmasculine and who may be vain about his appearance.
- prigA conceited dandy; a fop.
- smartA dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.
- sparkA gallant; a foppish young man.
- barbermonger obsoleteA fop; a dandy.
- blade dated
- buck UK, obsoleteA fop or dandy.
- cockscomb archaicA conceited dandy.
- dike US, dialectalFormalwear or other fashionable dress.
- dude archaicA man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.
- dudelet archaicAn effeminate young man who strives to be fashionable; a dandy.
- exquisite rareFop, dandy.
- foretop obsoleteA fop; one who sports a foretop.
- go UK, obsolete
- jack-a-dandy archaicA little, young, or worthless dandy.
- Jemmy-Jessamy obsoleteA dandy; a fop.
- jetter obsolete
- macaroni archaicA dandy or fop, particularly in the 18th century a young Englishman who had travelled in Europe and subsequently...
- mignon obsolete, rareA cute or pretty person; a dandy; a pretty child.
- petit maître archaicA fop or dandy.
- puss-gentleman obsoleteA dandy or fop; an effeminate man.
- spiff archaicA well-dressed man; a swell.
- swell datedA person who is stylish, fancy, or elegant.
- tippy obsolete, slangA dandy.
- toff obsoleteAn elegantly dressed person.
nounA male lover; a boyfriend.
- suitorOne who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love...
- swain
- admirer
- adorer
- baby
- belovedSomeone who is loved; something that is loved.
- courterOne who courts; one who plays the lover, or solicits in marriage.
- crush
- darling
- flame
- follower
- leman
- love
- love interest
- lover
- paramour
- sparker
- sweetheart
- trueloveA plant, Paris quadrifolia.
- wooerSomeone who woos or courts.
- enamorado datedA lover; a person in love.
- loteby obsoleteA lover, paramour; a concubine.
nounA male escort.
- callboy
- party boy
- alley cat figuratively, humorous
- almahAn Egyptian female singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; sometimes a prostitute.
- bangtail
- bargirlA woman who works as a hostess in a bar, typically in Southeast Asia and catering to male clients, and who may provide...
- beotch slang, vulgar
- brass nail slang
- brasser IrelandProstitute.
- brass slang
- business girl slang
- calico queenA prostitute.
- callet
- cat
- chippy US
- chromo Australia
- cocotte
- comfort girl
- comfort woman euphemisticA woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II.
- creature of the night
- daughter of joy euphemisticA female prostitute.
- escort euphemistic
- fille de joieA female prostitute; a courtesan.
- floozie
- fornicatrixA female fornicator.
- geebag Ireland, slang
- good-time girl euphemistic
- GRO
- 'ho
- hoerOne who hoes.
- hoe
- hook
- hooker US
- hustler
- Japayuki-san derogatoryA Filipina who travels to Japan to work as an entertainer, with implications of prostitution.
- karayuki-sanA Japanese girl from a poor agricultural region who was sent abroad to work as a prostitute.
- lady of leisure euphemistic
- lady of light virtue
- lady of pleasureA female prostitute or courtesan.
- lady of the eveningA female prostitute.
- lady of the night
- loose womanA sexually promiscuous woman, or a prostitute.
- meat puppet US
- moll Australia
- mort wap-apace
- mot Ireland, slang
- mud kicker slang
- mud-kicker slang
- mudkicker slang
- Paphian literary
- party girl euphemistic
- pavement princess
- perditaA woman who has fallen into prostitution.
- pimpette
- priestess of Venus euphemistic
- pro skirt slangA prostitute.
- prossie UKA prostitute.
- prossy UKProstitute.
- pross slangA prostitute.
- prostie US
Meaning of beau
- noun A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.
- noun A male lover; a boyfriend.
- noun A male escort.
beau in other languages
Questions about synonyms of beau
- What is another word for beau?
- Beau has 120 synonyms on Word.ws, such as cat, blood, popinjay, carpet knight, dandy, dood, fashionable and fast man.
- What does beau mean?
- Beau means a man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.
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