beau

beau

noun \ˈbō\

plural beaux \ˈbōz\ or beaus

Definition of BEAU

1

: dandy 1

2

: boyfriend 2

Examples of BEAU

1. She introduced us to her latest beau.
2. <her new beau brought flowers when he picked her up for their first date>
3. Her beaux between marriage generally fell into two categories: ineffectual pretty boys or handsome brutes. —Joanne Kaufman, People , 21 Mar. 1988
4. This was essentially the vehicle that had been perfected, through more than a century or two, for—and by—a continuing line of fops, beaux, macaronis, dudes, bucks, blades, swells, bloods and mashers. —Osbert Sitwell, The Scarlet Tree, 1975

Origin of BEAU

French, from beau beautiful, from Latin bellus pretty

First Known Use: 1683

Related to BEAU

Synonyms

boyfriend, boy, fellow, man, old man, swain

Related Words

admirer, crush, steady; gallant, suitor, wooer; beloved, darling, dear, favorite, flame, honey, love, lover, significant other, soul mate, spark, sparker, squeeze [slang], sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetie pie, valentine; fancy man, gigolo; date, escort; groom, husband; fiancé, intended

Near Antonyms

slob, sloven

Rhymes with BEAU

blow, bow, bro, Chou, crow, do, doe, dough, floe, flow, foe, fro, froe, glow, go, grow, ho, hoe, jo, Jo, joe, know, lo, low, mho, mot, mow, no, No, O, oh, owe, Poe, pow, pro, rho, roe, row, Rowe, schmo, sew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, sow, stow, Stowe, strow, though, throe, throw, toe, tow, trow, whoa, woe, yo