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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Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2025
Complete with eight bedrooms and a whopping 15 bathrooms, the 14,969-square-foot mansion is a brilliant combination of beach chic, sophistication and romance both inside and out.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Tiffani Jackson Skinner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Lopez went boho-chic in a flowing, semi-sheer white Chloé top with ruffled sleeves.
—Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Outfit 5 Nothing feels as effortlessly cool as a matching set, and the Automet travel outfit is the definition of cozy-chic.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2025
Complete with eight bedrooms and a whopping 15 bathrooms, the 14,969-square-foot mansion is a brilliant combination of beach chic, sophistication and romance both inside and out.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Guests are encouraged to dress in 1920s–40s chic attire while enjoying casino games, raffles, and live entertainment that channels the glitz of old Harlem.
—Tiffani Jackson Skinner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Lopez went boho-chic in a flowing, semi-sheer white Chloé top with ruffled sleeves.
—Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Chic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chic. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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