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Chic

Good form; style.

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Fashionable 84% connected

Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Fashionable 84% connected

Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Stylish 84% connected

Having style or artistic quality; given to, or fond of, the display of style; highly fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress, house, manner.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Stylish 84% connected

Having style or artistic quality; given to, or fond of, the display of style; highly fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress, house, manner.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 1

Elegance 76% connected

Alt. of Elegancy

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

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Jauntiness 76% connected

The quality of being jaunty.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Rakishness 76% connected

The quality or state of being rakish.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Smart 92% connected

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Smartness 92% connected

The quality or state of being smart.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Swank 92% connected

of Swink

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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