'Cute' definitions:
Definition of 'cute'
From: WordNet
adjective
Attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" [syn: cunning, cute]
adjective
Obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms" [syn: cute, precious]
Definition of 'Cute'
From: GCIDE
- Cute \Cute\ (k[=u]t), a. [An abbrev. of acute.]
- 1. Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. pleasantly attractive, in a delicate way; -- said of children, young ladies, pet animals and some objects, but seldom of adults; as, a cute child; a cute kitten; a cute little house; a cute statue. [PJC]
- 3. smart-alecky or impertinent; as, a cute remark. [PJC]
- 4. affectedly clever. --RHUD [PJC]
Synonyms of 'cute'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute,
- adept,
- adorable,
- adroit,
- apt,
- arch,
- artful,
- artistic,
- astute,
- attractive,
- authoritative,
- beautiful,
- bravura,
- brilliant,
- cagey,
- canny,
- clean,
- clever,
- coordinated,
- crack,
- crackerjack,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- daedal,
- Daedalian,
- dainty,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- deft,
- delicate,
- designing,
- dexterous,
- dextrous,
- diplomatic,
- excellent,
- expert,
- fancy,
- feline,
- foxy,
- good,
- goodish,
- graceful,
- guileful,
- handy,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- inventive,
- knowing,
- lovely,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- magisterial,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- mignon,
- neat,
- no mean,
- pawky,
- politic,
- pretty,
- professional,
- proficient,
- quick,
- quite some,
- ready,
- resourceful,
- scheming,
- serpentine,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- skillful,
- slick,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- some,
- sophistical,
- statesmanlike,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- stylish,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- tactful,
- tactical,
- the compleat,
- the complete,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- virtuoso,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- well-done,
- wily,
- workmanlike