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
New Age chic
3
: a faddishly popular quality or appeal
also
: something (such as a practice or interest) having such appeal
the transient tides of academic chic —
Irving Kristol
Irving Kristol
chicer; chicest
1
: cleverly stylish : smart
the woman who is chic adapts fashion to her own personality—Elizabeth L. Post
Elizabeth L. Post2
: currently fashionable
a chic restaurant
chic boutiques
chicly
adverb
chicness
noun
Examples of chic in a Sentence
Noun
It's the height of chic this year.
mockumentaries are the latest filmmaking chic
Adjective
The café has a chic new look.
a chic new hairstyle that makes her look very sophisticated
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 3 June 2025
Lizotte describes The Foundry as an elevated dining experience of Contemporary American food, with a look that’s industrial chic with lots of brass, gold and black steel.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2025
Essence, 29 June 2025
The new museum is located only a stone’s throw from Maison Fragonard, a chic guest house offering six bedrooms in three apartments — each spanning one floor – that the brand opened in 2021.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
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Noun
The decor was also right; modern-ish and quiet luxury-ish, but not, like, mid-century-modern chic.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 3 June 2025
Lizotte describes The Foundry as an elevated dining experience of Contemporary American food, with a look that’s industrial chic with lots of brass, gold and black steel.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2025
Adjective
The space was housed in a beautiful Beaux-Arts maison with chic minimal decor.
—Essence, 29 June 2025
The new museum is located only a stone’s throw from Maison Fragonard, a chic guest house offering six bedrooms in three apartments — each spanning one floor – that the brand opened in 2021.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
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“Chic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chic. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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