chic

/ʃik/

/ʃik/

Other forms: chicest; chicly; chics

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). Chic is a French word, so remember, whether it's an adjective or a noun, to pronounce it as “sheek” and not “chick,” so you can sound as chic as you look!

Definitions of chic

1. adjective

   elegant and stylish
   “chic elegance”

   synonyms: smart, tony, voguish

   fashionable, stylish

   having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
2. noun

   elegance by virtue of being fashionable
   synonyms: chichi, chicness, last word, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank

   types:

   dapperness, jauntiness, nattiness, rakishness

   stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance

   type of:

   elegance

   a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste