picturesque
Pretty enough to be in a painting or on a postcard.
picturesque in a sentence
- The picturesque village had thatched cottages, a stone bridge and swans on the river.
- From the hilltop, the picturesque bay looked like a postcard, with white boats bobbing on blue water.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to picturesque?
- Apretty
- Bplain
- Cdrab
- Dugly
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A: pretty. The other three mean the opposite of picturesque.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to picturesque?
- Alovely
- Bcharming
- Cugly
- Dpretty
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C: ugly. The other three mean nearly the same as picturesque.
Words that mean something similar
pretty, lovely, charming
Words that mean the opposite
ugly, plain, drab
More words about places & settings
- precarious: Not safe or steady, and likely to fall or fail at any moment.
- quaint: Charming in an old-fashioned way.
- ravine: A deep, narrow valley with steep sides.
- reek: To smell very strongly and unpleasantly.
- refuge: A safe place to shelter from danger.
- remote: Far away from towns and hard to reach.
- reside: To live in a particular place.
- rugged: Rough, rocky and uneven, or strong and tough.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test