Definition of CUTE

cute

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
    • "a cute kid with pigtails"
    • "a cute little apartment"
  • obviously contrived to charm
    • "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms"

Adj

  • Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
  • Lovable, charming, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.
  • Sexually attractive or pleasing; gorgeous.
  • Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.
  • Mentally keen or discerning (See also acute)
  • Evincing cleverness; surprising in its elegance or unconventionality (but of limited importance).

Origin / Etymology

Aphetic form of acute, originally meaning “keenly perceptive or discerning, shrewd” (1731). Meaning transferred to “pretty, fetching” by US students (slang) c. 1834. Meaning drifted further to describe the pleasing attraction to features usually possessed by the young.

Synonyms

clever, cuddly animals, cunning, having features mainly attributed to infants and small, precious, pretty, shrewd

Scrabble Score: 6

cute is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cute is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cute is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

cute is a valid Words With Friends word