WITH-IT Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

with-it

adjective

ˈwi-t͟hət

Definition of with-it

as in hip

keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment a brand of humor that the comedy club's with-it clientele very much appreciates

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Recent Examples of with-it Everyone’s putting on a cool, with-it surface while paddling like mad underneath. — Olivia Waite, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 The line felt dumb and flaccid, derivative in an irritating rather than with-it sense, and lacking the transgression found in good gallows humor. — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025 Even this ostensibly progressive, with-it mother retains the singular ability to embarrass her child. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025 There were lime-green tube tops, lime-green beanies, lime-green hoodies and cowboy hats and sunglasses and at least one lime-green mesh vest like something an especially with-it street paver might wear. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024 Some things are simply not meant to be cool, hip, or with-it. — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Apr. 2024

Recent Examples of Synonyms for with-it

Adjective

The deal goes bad, violently so, and Vince hightails it back to New York, looking for a bailout from brother Jake (played by Jude Law), owner of Manhattan’s hippest restaurant.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
From high-end fashion to late-night cocktails, here’s how to spend a day in Ho Chi Minh City’s hippest neighborhood.

— Dan Q. Dao, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026

Definition of hip

Adjective

The now 34-year-old claimed that Debra controlled every aspect of her personal and financial life until her mother died due to cancer in 2013.

— Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The now 22-year-old, who grew up in Westfield, New Jersey, shared a now-viral clip from the first episode of her cooking show Cooking with Ley Ley Shea on her TikTok.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of now

Adjective

As Detroit prepares to welcome thousands of people downtown for Grand Prix weekend, city leaders say public safety has been a months-long effort.

— Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 28 May 2026
For sports travelers, that means the pregame meal does not have to be a chain restaurant, and the postgame dinner does not have to be downtown.

— Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 11 May 2026

Definition of downtown

Adjective

The fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a light rail in Charlotte’s trendy South End neighborhood, just south of uptown, thrust the city into the national spotlight last August.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026
The new restaurant will serve as a neighborhood tavern and will feature trendy live-fire cooking and menu items like tableside Caesar salad, clams casino pasta and martinis.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of trendy

Adjective

Rooms The style is monastery chic with the recent restyling raising the stakes considerably adding a new sense of design that was absent before.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
The debut campaign captures the essence of Bell by switching between chic, elevated vignettes and unpolished moments about her own daily life.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026