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.
Origin of chic
1855–60; <French <German Schick skill
SYNONYMS FOR chic
1 smart, elegant, modish.
SEE SYNONYMS FOR chic ON THESAURUS.COM
pronunciation note for chic
The spelling pronunciation [chik] /tʃɪk/ is considered nonstandard except when used facetiously.
His interior design style could be defined as hobby-shop chic.
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Where they differ is in passenger capacity, indoor cooking space, and chic extras like Recon’s touchscreen and shower.
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When fashion and technology combine, the result is usually a chic product at the end.
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With three locations across the country, including one in a northern mountainous region with stunning views of Kazbegi, the brand has become known among savvy travelers for an ultra-modern, smart design it calls “industrial chic.”
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The brand’s chic universal basic and denim lines have a small brick and mortar footprint than its mother brand making 40% of its sales online.
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After the drabness of the 1950s, her clothes were chic and slightly transgressive, but not haute couture.
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Where Gossip Girl was polished and chic, NYC Prep was awkward and forced.
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We assume French ladies are supposed to be chic and elegant.
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Ever since upending New Mexico as a 14-seed last year, Harvard has been a chic pick to repeat the feat this time around.
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Do you want your clothes to be chic, but still comfortable and practical?
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Now it is the chic thing to adapt oneself to the depressing conditions, to be frugal and inconspicuous like soldiers.
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She was dressed in a natty little cotton frock, looked fresh and chic, and only pleasantly American.
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She was very charming, my friend Hortense, but she troubled about nothing that was not chic.
My Double Life|Sarah Bernhardt
Lady Kirkbank had to explain that chien as applied to a gown or bonnet was the same thing as chic, only a little more so.
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The Duchess Paul looked very pretty and chic, and was most amiable.
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British Dictionary definitions for chic
chic
/ (ʃiːk, ʃɪk) /
adjective
(esp of fashionable clothes, women, etc) stylish or elegant
noun
stylishness, esp in dress; modishness; fashionable good taste
any of various fashion movements based on a particular lifestyleradical chic; geek chic