artistic

adjective

ar·​tis·​tic är-ˈti-stik 

1

: of, relating to, or characteristic of art or artists

artistic subjects

an artistic success

2

: showing imaginative skill in arrangement or execution

artistic photography

artistically

är-ˈti-sti-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Synonyms of artistic

• cultural

Examples of artistic in a Sentence

a work of artistic value

He shows real artistic talent.

Both of my children are very artistic.

Recent Examples on the Web

To go with his ancestral claims, Church, who had been drawing obsessively since early childhood, also inherited an artistic mantle. —Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

Franklin’s post, which included a time lapse of her artistic process, accrued hundreds of comments praising her work as well as the film’s decision to hire a human artist for the project. —Angela Yang, NBC news, 3 May 2026

Paula Turnbull — my iconic, artistic, brilliant, storytelling and loving grandmother — went to be with the Lord on April 24. —Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 3 May 2026

Inside, the rooms are a nod to the island’s aesthetic history of the 1960s and 1970s, when it was known more as an artistic hideaway and less of a billionaire’s playground. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

in part from artist + -ic entry 1, in part from art entry 1 + -istic

First Known Use

circa 1753, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for artistic

• autistic
• ballistic
• cladistic
• heuristic
• holistic
• linguistic
• logistic
• monistic
• patristic
• sadistic
• simplistic
• sophistic

Kids Definition

artistic

adjective

ar·​tis·​tic är-ˈtis-tik 

1

: relating to or characteristic of art or artists

2

: showing skill and imagination

artistically

-ˈtis-ti-k(ə-)lē 

adverb