with-it

adjective

ˈwi-t͟hət 

-thət

: socially or culturally up-to-date

the intelligent, disaffected, with-it young

—Eliot Fremont-Smith

Synonyms

• au courant
• cool [slang]
• def [slang]
• downtown
• groovy
• hep
• hip
• in
• mod
• now
• trendy
• turned-on

Examples of with-it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some things are simply not meant to be cool, hip, or with-it. —Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

with-it

adjective

ˈwit͟h-ət

: very aware of what is up-to-date and in fashion