chic

¹chic

noun \ˈshēk\

Definition of CHIC

1

: smart elegance and sophistication especially of dress or manner : style <wears her clothes with superb chic>

2

: a distinctive mode of dress or manner associated with a fashionable lifestyle, ideology, or pursuit <wearing the latest in urban chic>

3

: a faddishly popular quality or appeal; also : something (as a practice or interest) having such appeal <the transient tides of academic chic — Irving Kristol>

Examples of CHIC

1. It's the height of chic this year.
2. <mockumentaries are the latest filmmaking chic>

Origin of CHIC

French

First Known Use: 1856

Related to CHIC

Synonyms: buzz, fad, craze, dernier cri, enthusiasm, fashion, flavor, go, hot ticket, last word, latest, mode, rage, sensation, style, ton, trend, vogue

Related Words: nine days' wonder (also nine day wonder); new wave; crush, infatuation; fervor, passion; furor, fuss, hullabaloo, to-do, uproar; bandwagon, crusade, cult, movement; novelty, wrinkle; caprice, fancy, whim

Near Antonyms: classic, standard

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Rhymes with CHIC

beak, bleak, cheek, cleek, clique, creak, creek, Creek, eke, flic, freak, geek, gleek, Greek, keek, leak, leek, meek, peak, peek, peke, pic, pique, reek, screak, seek, sheikh, shriek, sic, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, squeak, steek, streak, streek, teak, tweak, weak, week