aesthetic

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

aesthetic
    adj 1: relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics;
           "aesthetic values" [syn: {aesthetic}, {esthetic}]
    2: concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or
       good taste; "the aesthetic faculties"; "an aesthetic person";
       "aesthetic feeling"; "the illustrations made the book an
       aesthetic success" [syn: {aesthetic}, {esthetic},
       {aesthetical}, {esthetical}] [ant: {inaesthetic},
       {unaesthetic}]
    3: aesthetically pleasing; "an artistic flower arrangement"
       [syn: {aesthetic}, {esthetic}, {artistic}]
    n 1: (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is
         beautiful; "he despised the esthetic of minimalism" [syn:
         {aesthetic}, {esthetic}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

AEsthetic \[AE]s*thet"ic\, AEsthetical \[AE]s*thet"ic*al\, a.
   Of or Pertaining to [ae]sthetics; versed in [ae]sthetics; as,
   [ae]sthetic studies, emotions, ideas, persons, etc.
   [1913 Webster] -- {[AE]s*thet"ic*al*ly}, adv.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

46 Moby Thesaurus words for "aesthetic":
      Attic, aesthetically appealing, art-conscious, artistic, arty,
      attractive, beauteous, beautiful, chaste, choice, classic,
      cultivated, discriminating, elegant, endowed with beauty,
      excellent, exquisite, eye-filling, fine, flowerlike, graceful,
      gracile, handsome, heavy, in good taste, lovely, of choice,
      of consummate art, of quality, ornamental, painterly, pleasing,
      pretty, pulchritudinous, pure, quiet, refined, restrained,
      sensitive, simple, subdued, tasteful, unaffected, understated,
      unobtrusive, well-chosen