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- Dictionarychic/ʃiːk/
adjective
- 1. elegantly and stylishly fashionable: "she looked every inch the chic Frenchwoman"
noun
- 1. stylishness and elegance, typically of a specified kind: "the hotel's lobby and restaurant are the height of designer chic"
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noun [ U ] uk / ʃiːk / us / ʃiːk / the quality of being stylish and fashionable: British politicians are not renowned for their chic. A striped top is a simple way of injecting some Parisian chic into your wardrobe. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of CHIC is smart elegance and sophistication especially of dress or manner : style. How to use chic in a sentence.
noun. style and elegance, especially in dress: Paris clothes have such chic. stylishness; modishness: the chic of the firstnighters. casual and understated style, as in dress or décor, that expresses a specified trendy lifestyle or activity: Black-rimmed glasses bring some geek chic to your outfit. chic.
Definition of 'chic' chic. (ʃiːk ) 1. adjective. Something or someone that is chic is fashionable and sophisticated. Her gown was very French and very chic. Synonyms: stylish, smart, elegant, fashionable More Synonyms of chic. 2. uncountable noun. Chic is used to refer to a particular style or to the quality of being chic. ...French designer chic.
Something that's chic is fashionable or stylish. If you see a chic outfit in the window of a chic boutique, you might imagine that buying it will make you as chic as a fashion model. Chic can also be used as an noun to mean a specific type of stylishness or coolness, like a downtown urban chic (skinny jeans, perhaps), or nerdy chic (big glasses).
1. stylishness, esp in dress; modishness; fashionable good taste. 2. any of various fashion movements based on a particular lifestyle: radical chic; geek chic. [C19: from French, of uncertain origin] ˈchicly adv.
Definition of chic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
