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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Marianne Boruch, The New York Review of Books, 20 Feb. 2025
Aimée posed for leading photographers including William Klein, Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Guy Bourdin and Helmut Newton, cementing her status as an ambassador of French chic.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2025
The southern California city is known for its desert chic vibes, vintage shopping, distinct architecture, stylish hotels, and world-class spas.
—Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 13 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Walking by its table of late Eighties Soviet chic, in pieces.
—Marianne Boruch, The New York Review of Books, 20 Feb. 2025
Aimée posed for leading photographers including William Klein, Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Guy Bourdin and Helmut Newton, cementing her status as an ambassador of French chic.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
Beverly Grove condo In 2005, two years before Keeping Up With the Kardashians became a runaway hit on E!, Kardashian purchased her first home, a simple, chic condo in the Beverly Grove neighborhood of LA.
—Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2025
The southern California city is known for its desert chic vibes, vintage shopping, distinct architecture, stylish hotels, and world-class spas.
—Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Chic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chic. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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