Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lovely

1 sense of lovely

Sense 1
cover girl, pin-up, lovely -- (a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model)
       => photographer's model -- (a model who poses for photographers)

Antonyms of adj lovely

2 senses of lovely

Sense 1
lovely -- (appealing to the emotions as well as the eye)

INDIRECT (VIA beautiful) -> ugly -- (displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture")

Sense 2
adorable, endearing, lovely -- (lovable especially in a childlike or naive way)

INDIRECT (VIA lovable) -> hateful -- (evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly)

Similarity of adj lovely

2 senses of lovely

Sense 1
lovely -- (appealing to the emotions as well as the eye)
       => beautiful (vs. ugly) -- (delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party")

Sense 2
adorable, endearing, lovely -- (lovable especially in a childlike or naive way)
       => lovable (vs. hateful), loveable -- (having characteristics that attract love or affection; "a mischievous but lovable child")