chic

Meaning

Adj

Elegant, stylish.

Noun

1. Good form; style.
2. A person with (a particular type of) chic.

Noun

A kind of ritual buffoon or clown in Yucatec Maya culture.

Synonyms

stylish

smart

elegant

modish

fashionable

stylishness

chicness

style

smartness

voguish

modishness

dapper

chichi

classy

dressy

essence

fashion

jaunty

last word

pretty

purity

quaint

spiffy

swank

well-dressed

ostentatious smartness

magnificent

dinky

debonair

natty

neat

nifty

nitty

panache

peachiness

pleasant

posh

witty

prim

well groomed

nobby

queer

rakish

romantic

attractive

dainty

snappy

snazzy

soigne

soignee

spark plug

spicy

jimp

splendid

spruce

strange

streamlined

cool

🆒

comely

charming

swagger

sparkish

swish

tasteful

tasty

trendy

fancy

trig

exquisite

fine

flair

gainly

glamorous

grand

trim

bijou

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃiːk/

Etymology

Borrowed from French chic (“elegant”), which in turn is probably derived from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”). The word is akin to Dutch schielijk (“hasty”), schikken (“to arrange”) and Old English sċēon (“to happen”).