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or cutey
1
as in queen
an attractive woman
in her days as a chorus girl she was a real cutie
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2
as in doll
a physically attractive person
a director hoping to find among that crowd of cuties someone who could actually act
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Recent Examples of cutie
These high-rise cuties look office-appropriate but feel more like leggings, thanks to four-way stretch and thermoregulating fabric that dries quickly and helps to wick away sweat throughout the day.
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Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2025
Questlove, Black Thought, the cutie who tries to keep a straight face while doing the thank-you-note music, and the rest of the Roots crew have remained a steadfast (and silly) presence in Fallon’s world ever since, which included a promotion to The Tonight Show in 2014.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025
From bulky cuties to thick teddies, brown bears from Brooks River in Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska spent all summer chomping down on salmon to compete in this year's annual Fat Bear Week.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
The little cutie was playing with a small puppy toy complete with a leash as her proud mom looked on, grinning.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2025
Questlove, Black Thought, the cutie who tries to keep a straight face while doing the thank-you-note music, and the rest of the Roots crew have remained a steadfast (and silly) presence in Fallon’s world ever since, which included a promotion to The Tonight Show in 2014.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025
From bulky cuties to thick teddies, brown bears from Brooks River in Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska spent all summer chomping down on salmon to compete in this year's annual Fat Bear Week.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
The little cutie was playing with a small puppy toy complete with a leash as her proud mom looked on, grinning.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutie
Noun
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Cate Blanchett is the queen of a relaxed, textured bob.—
Catharine Malzahn,
InStyle,
8 Jan. 2026
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In some species, ants restructure their nests to slow the transmission of a lethal fungus and in others, ant queens eat infected brood to prevent the spread of disease and recover nutrients.—
Arundathi Nair,
NPR,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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And then there’s Alison’s Isabella Linton, who’s quite doll-like in her candy-pink gowns and bows?—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
10 Jan. 2026
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Rose also enjoys playing with dolls, carefully giving each one its own name and unique personality.—
The Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Last year’s Savage X Fenty’s Valentine’s Day collection featured Rihanna not as the goddess of love, but as Cupid, arrows and all.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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Brigitte Bardot, the French actress who rivaled Marilyn Monroe as a cinematic goddess for more than a decade, died on Sunday, December 28 at the age of 91.—
IndieWire Staff,
IndieWire,
28 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Fanny and Stella, middle-class lovelies in hoop skirts, engage in a warm embrace.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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In an early scene, poor Christian attends a dating event, having gamed the system, with his perfect numerical logic, so that all the potential lovelies are lined up at his table.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Wilcox, who runs a small health and beauty business, moved to the United States and became a citizen after growing up in communist Czechoslovakia, according to her campaign biography.—
Eleanor Dearman
Updated January 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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More is at stake than preserving the singular beauty of the sawgrass prairies of Everglades National Park or cypress swamps of the Big Cypress National Preserve.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Similar photos would later be taken of Anita Ekberg and Sophia Loren while attending Cannes, with the whole beach babe thing becoming something of a tradition for Hollywood stars visiting the Riviera in the mid-21st century.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
28 Dec. 2025
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Welcome to a major transition week, R29 babes.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
21 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The two hotties are basically neighbors, give or take three hours in traffic.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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How will Affleck’s husband Zak—who has been angry about one Magic Mike show for two whole seasons—react to her dance partner, newcomer and certified hottie Jan Ravnik?—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Every eyeful was a universe, a cosmos squeezed into a teacup.—
Susan Casey,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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After sports commentator Nate Burleson stuffed America's collective stocking with an eyeful of bright red Christmas attire on Netflix's NFL Christmas Day livestream, cohost and former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan poked back.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Dec. 2025
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“Cutie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutie. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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