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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Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
At Loewe, Jack Hernandez and Lazaro McCollough zeroed-in on surfer chic/k cool.
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Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
Her customers were the chicest women in New York, including none other than Jackie Kennedy.
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Noun
For the event, Eilish rocked a private school chic-look with a navy blazer and skirt, grey sweater and brown Oxford shoes with tall grey socks.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
At Loewe, Jack Hernandez and Lazaro McCollough zeroed-in on surfer chic/k cool.
—Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Glamaker Two-piece Skirt Set Never be forced to decide between cozy and chic again with the Glamaker Two-piece Skirt Set.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
Her customers were the chicest women in New York, including none other than Jackie Kennedy.
—Alexandra Di Palma, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Chic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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