elegant

[el-i-guhnt] / ˈɛl ɪ gənt /

ADJECTIVE

beautiful, tasteful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chic classic delicate dignified exquisite fancy fashionable graceful grand handsome luxurious neat opulent ornate polished refined silk-stocking simple stately stylish stylized sumptuous

WEAK

appropriate apt aristocratic artistic august choice clever comely courtly cultivated cultured dainty effective fine genteel ingenious majestic modish nice noble ornamented ostentatious overdone rare recherché rich select superior well-bred

Antonyms

STRONGEST

common dull inferior old-fashioned plain ugly undignified unfashionable unimpressive

WEAK

crude inelegant rough unrefined unsophisticated untasteful

Example Sentences

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Welcome to triple-egg egg salad — three expressions of egg, each playing a distinct role, all dressed to the same elegant effect.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

The plan looks elegant but is fiendishly difficult.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The father and son strongmen have frequently paired up to train together and have been spotted rehearsing the elegant poses that made Schwarzenegger a star.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

“The remarks you’re referring to are neither elegant nor up to standards,” he said, when questioned by reporters during a trip to South Korea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Leonor had once been tall and elegant; now, at seventy-six, she was bent.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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