chic
attractive and fashionable; stylish: a chic hat.
style and elegance, especially in dress: Paris clothes have such chic.
stylishness; modishness: the chic of the firstnighters.
casual and understated style, as in dress or décor, that expresses a specified trendy lifestyle or activity: Black-rimmed glasses bring some geek chic to your outfit.
Origin of chic
1pronunciation note For chic
Other words for chic
Other words from chic
- chicly, adverb
- chicness, noun
- su·per·chic, adjective
- ul·tra·chic, adjective
Words that may be confused with chic
- chic , chick
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How to use chic in a sentence
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British Dictionary definitions for chic
/ (ʃiːk, ʃɪk) /
(esp of fashionable clothes, women, etc) stylish or elegant
stylishness, esp in dress; modishness; fashionable good taste
any of various fashion movements based on a particular lifestyle: radical chic; geek chic
Origin of chic
1Derived forms of chic
- chicly, adverb
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