beautiful people

plural noun

often capitalized B&P

: wealthy or famous people whose lifestyle is usually expensive and well-publicized

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Can beautiful be used to describe a man?

Our evidence shows that when beautiful is used to describe physical beauty, it is overwhelming used of women or a physical aspect of a woman (such as her hair or skin). This hasn't always been the case: when beautiful first came into English it was used as easily of men as it was of women. Nowadays, handsome is the adjective of appreciation most commonly used of men.

The plural noun phrase beautiful people doesn't refer to the overall looks of the people mentioned, but rather the elegance and sumptuousness of their lives.

Examples of beautiful people in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Thank you to His Excellency, President Paul Kagame, and the beautiful people of Rwanda for hosting us once again and sharing our vision of a borderless Africa. —Angel Saunders, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025

The list includes romance book series, one-offs, urban lit, and contemporary romance, because reading books filled with beautiful people making connections, or falling in love, never gets old. —Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 31 July 2025

Starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans—three beautiful people who are simply very fun to watch onscreen—Materialists is a satisfying, extremely watchable entry that reinvigorates a genre that has largely been relegated to streaming-only clichés. —Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025

The Velvet Ropes And Iron Fist of Anna Wintour Wintour created magnificent beauty for the beautiful people while masking what many describe as a toxic empire built on fear and favoritism. —Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for beautiful people

• businesspeople
• craftspeople
• laypeople
• salespeople
• townspeople
• tradespeople
• workpeople
• steeple