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Synonyms for elegant
ˈɛl ɪ gəntel·e·gant

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  1. elegantadjective

    Synonyms:
    graceful, classy

  2. elegantadjective

    Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.

    Synonyms:
    classy, graceful

  3. elegantadjective

    Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.

    an elegant solution

    Synonyms:
    classy, graceful

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. elegant

    The definition of beauty, "perfection of form," is a good key to the meaning of beautiful, if we understand "form" in its widest sense. There must also be harmony and unity, and in human beings spiritual loveliness, to constitute an object or a person really beautiful. Thus, we speak of a beautiful landscape, a beautiful poem. But beautiful implies also, in concrete objects, softness of outline and delicacy of mold; it is opposed to all that is hard and rugged, hence we say a beautiful woman, but not a beautiful man. Beautiful has the further limit of not transcending our powers of appreciation. Pretty expresses in a far less degree that which is pleasing to a refined taste in objects comparatively small, slight, and dainty; as, a pretty bonnet; a pretty girl. That is handsome which is not only superficially pleasing, but well and harmoniously proportioned, with usually the added idea that it is made so by art, breeding, or training; as, a handsome horse; a handsome house. Handsome is a term far inferior to beautiful; we may even say a handsome villain. Fair denotes what is bright, smooth, clear, and without blemish; as, a fair face. The word applies wholly to what is superficial; we can say "fair, yet false." In a specific sense, fair has the sense of blond, as opposed to dark or brunette. One who possesses vivacity, wit, good nature, or other pleasing qualities may be attractive without beauty. Comely denotes an aspect that is smooth, genial, and wholesome, with a certain fulness of contour and pleasing symmetry, tho falling short of the beautiful; as, a comely matron. That is picturesque which would make a striking picture.

    Synonyms:
    attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bewitching, bonny, charming, comely, delightful, exquisite, fair, fine, graceful, handsome, lovely, picturesque, pretty

    Antonyms:
    awkward, clumsy, deformed, disgusting, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, hideous, horrid, odious, repulsive, shocking, ugly, unattractive, uncouth, ungainly, unlovely, unpleasant

    Preposition:
    Beautiful to the eye; beautiful in appearance, in spirit; "beautiful for situation," Ps. xlviii, 2; beautiful of aspect, of its kind.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. elegant

    Synonyms:
    graceful, lovely, well formed, well made, symmetrical, accomplished, polished, refined, handsome

    Antonyms:
    inelegant, deformed, unsymmetrical, ill-proportioned, ungraceful, coarse, rude

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. elegantadjective

    refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style

    "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"

    Synonyms:
    graceful, refined

    Antonyms:
    graceless, ungracious, unpolished, inelegant, homely, awkward, gauche

  2. elegant, graceful, refinedadjective

    suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

    Synonyms:
    graceful, processed, polished, refined, tasteful, neat, svelte, urbane

    Antonyms:
    homely, gauche, unpolished, ungracious, awkward, inelegant, graceless

  3. elegantadjective

    displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution

    "an elegant dancer"; "an elegant mathematical solution -- simple and precise"

    Synonyms:
    graceful, refined

    Antonyms:
    awkward, ungracious, graceless, inelegant, gauche, unpolished, homely

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. elegantadjective

    Synonyms:
    graceful, beautiful, handsome, fine, symmetrical, classical, tasty, tasteful, chaste, neat, well-made, well-proportioned, in good taste

  2. elegantadjective

    Synonyms:
    polished, refined, accomplished, cultivated, polite, genteel, courtly, fashionable

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. elegantadjective

    Synonyms:
    courtly, sumptuous, luxurious, rich

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How to use elegant in a sentence?

  1. Vanna Bonta:

    To the degree it is efficient, a spaceship is elegant and beautiful.

  2. The Commission chief spokesman:

    I think it's more than tasteless that some press try to make an insulting headline by exploiting President Juncker's pain, i don't think this is elegant and I don't think this is fair.

  3. Plato:

    Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts them.

  4. Evangeline Lilly:

    I wanted her to move in a way that honored the comic book, which meant she would move in a very elegant, feminine, graceful way, and still look lethal.

  5. Tom Blair:

    Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself, who says, 'there is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.' A well bred woman may easily and effectually promote the most useful and elegant conversation without speaking a word. The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence.


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