elegant
tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.: elegant furnishings.
gracefully refined and dignified, as in tastes, habits, or literary style: an elegant young gentleman; an elegant prosodist.
graceful in form or movement: an elegant wave of the hand.
appropriate to refined taste: a man devoted to elegant pursuits.
excellent; fine; superior: an absolutely elegant wine.
(of scientific, technical, or mathematical theories, solutions, etc.) gracefully concise and simple; admirably succinct.
Origin of elegant
1synonym study For elegant
Other words for elegant
Other words from elegant
- el·e·gant·ly, adverb
- hy·per·el·e·gant, adjective
- hy·per·el·e·gant·ly, adverb
- o·ver·el·e·gant, adjective
- o·ver·el·e·gant·ly, adverb
- su·per·el·e·gant, adjective
- su·per·el·e·gant·ly, adverb
- un·el·e·gant, adjective
- un·el·e·gant·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with elegant
- elegant , eloquent
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British Dictionary definitions for elegant
/ (ˈɛlɪɡənt) /
tasteful in dress, style, or design
dignified and graceful in appearance, behaviour, etc
cleverly simple; ingenious: an elegant solution to a problem
Origin of elegant
1Derived forms of elegant
- elegantly, adverb
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