1. Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
   "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome";
   - fine-looking, good-looking, better-looking, well-favored [US], well-favoured [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Given or giving freely
   "a handsome allowance";
   - big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, liberal, openhanded

Sounds like: handle, Hansome, ha

Derived forms: handsomer, handsomest

See also: beautiful, generous

Encyclopedia: Handsome, the Ugly and the Stupid