pretty boy

noun

informal + usually disparaging

: a man who is notably good-looking

also : dandy sense 1

Synonyms of pretty boy

• dude
• beau
• Beau Brummell

Examples of pretty boy in a Sentence

Movie critics seem to finally agree that this pretty boy can act.

a downtown dance club with lots of pretty boys in attendance

Recent Examples on the Web

Unfortunately, Winger committed the mortal sins of having a pretty boy lead singer and painfully cheesy videos (even by 80s standards), so most people dismissed them and Beach as cheap imitators. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Melvin Combs, the dark-skinned, pretty boy with the toothy, megawatt smile, was a co-conspirator in a case that would send some members of his crew to prison for up to 12 years. — Aliya S. King, VIBE.com, 6 Dec. 2025

This was the last time Leo would try to headline a big-budget movie still looking like the pretty boy of Titanic; after this, his next four films were for either Martin Scorsese or Steven Spielberg. — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025

Also, why is arthouse pretty boy Louis Garrel, who portrays the leader of a resistance group known as Breakwalls (That’s seriously their name. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pretty boy

• corduroy
• fauntleroy
• iroquois
• ahoy
• alloy
• annoy
• carboy
• convoy
• cowboy
• decoy
• deploy
• destroy