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

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

²chic

adjective

chic·erchic·est

Definition of CHIC

1

: cleverly stylish : smart <the woman who is chic adapts fashion to her own personality — Elizabeth L. Post>

2

: currently fashionable <a chic restaurant>

— chic·ly adverb

— chic·ness noun

Examples of CHIC

1. The café has a chic new look.
2. <a chic new hairstyle that makes her look very sophisticated>

First Known Use of CHIC

1865

Related to CHIC

Synonyms

à la mode (also a la mode), au courant, stylish, cool [slang], exclusive, fashionable, fresh [slang], happening, hip, in, modish, sharp, smart, snappy, supercool, swell, swish, trendy, voguish

Antonyms

dowdy, out, outmoded, styleless, unchic, uncool, unfashionable, unmodish, unstylish

Related Words

downtown, edgy, funky; dapper, dashing, dressy, kicky, natty, rakish, sassy, saucy, spiffy, spruce; chichi, classy, flossy, haute (also haut), nobby, posh, ritzy, soigné (or soignée), swank (or swanky); elegant, graceful, handsome, majestic, refined, sophisticated, stately, tasteful, understated; doggish, doggy, flashy, gallant; dandyish, dudish, foppish; ultrachic, ultracool, ultrahip, ultraposh, ultrasmart, ultrasophisticated

Near Antonyms

cheesy, tacky, unattractive, unbecoming; graceless, inelegant, tasteless, trashy, unhandsome; frowsy (or frowzy), sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, untidy; disheveled (or dishevelled), messy, mussy, rumpled, wrinkled; shabby, sleazy