They could hear the elegant, flowing sound of a harp coming from somewhere.
Source: tatoeba (38225)
Elegant
//ˈɛl.ə.ɡənt//
Synonyms for "elegant" (257 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (52)
Strong matches (77)
courtlycultivatedcultureddaintydandifieddapperdashingde luxedebonairdecentdecorousdelicatedeluxedignifieddirectdiscerningdiscriminatingdressed to advantagedressed to killeasy
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elaborateendowed with beautyestimableeuphemisticeuphuisticexcellentexclusiveexpedientexquisiteextravaganteye-fillingfacilefairfamousfancyfashionablefastidiousfavorablefinishedflamboyantfloridflowerlikefloweryflowingfluentformalisticfrillyfussygallantgenteelgimpgloriousgoodgoodlygoody good-goodgoody goodygoody-goodygracilegraciousgrandgrandiosehandsomehealthyheavyhelpfulhigh classhigh-wroughtimposingimpressiveiningeniousjaunty
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (128)
kindlaboredladylikelaudablelimpidlovelylucidluxuriantluxuriousmagnificentmajesticmincingmodestmodishmoresquenamby pambynamby-pambynattynaturalneat
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niceniftynobbynobleopulentornateostentatiousoverelaborateoverelegantoverlaboredoverniceoverpreciseoverrefinedoverworkedoverwroughtpalatialpedanticpellucidperspicuouspicturesqueplainpleasantpleasingplushpolishedposhprecieusepreciousprecisianprecisianisticprecisionisticprettypretty-prettyprincelyprofitableproperproudpulchritudinouspurepuristicrakishrarerefinedregalrestrainedrichrococoroundroyalseemlyselectsharpsimperingsimpleskillfulsleeksmartsmoothsmugsnazzysoignesophisticatedsoundspiffysplendacioussplendidsplendiferoussprucestatelystraightforwardstyle-consciousstylishsuavesubtlesumptuoussuperbsuperfancysuperfinesuperiorswankswankyswellswishtastefultersetricksytrigtrimtrippingunaffectedunlaboredurbaneusefulvalidvery goodvirtuouswell dressedwell-bredwell-dressedwell-groomedwith it
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
15 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
Translations
72 translations across 40 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κομψός adj (exhibiting elegance)
Arabic
2 entries- أَنِيق adj (exhibiting elegance)
- ظَرِيف adj (exhibiting elegance)
Armenian
2 entries- էլեգանտ adj (exhibiting elegance)
- նրբագեղ adj (exhibiting elegance)
Assamese
1 entries- শুৱলা adj (exhibiting elegance)
Bulgarian
2 entries- елегантен adj (exhibiting elegance)
- изискан adj (exhibiting elegance)
Catalan
1 entries- elegant adj (exhibiting elegance)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- شۆخ adj (exhibiting elegance)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 典雅 adj (exhibiting elegance)
- 文雅 adj (exhibiting elegance)
- 高雅 adj (exhibiting elegance)
Czech
1 entries- elegantní adj (exhibiting elegance)
Danish
1 entries- elegant adj (exhibiting elegance)
Dutch
3 entries- elegant adj (exhibiting elegance)
- gracieus adj (exhibiting elegance)
- sierlijk adj (exhibiting elegance)
Esperanto
1 entries- eleganta adj (exhibiting elegance)
Finnish
3 entries- aistikas adj (exhibiting elegance)
- elegantti adj (exhibiting elegance)
- hienostunut adj (exhibiting elegance)
French
1 entries- élégant adj (exhibiting elegance)
Galician
1 entries- elegante adj (exhibiting elegance)
German
2 entries- elegant adj (exhibiting elegance)
- schick adj (exhibiting elegance)
Greek
1 entries- κομψός adj (exhibiting elegance)
Hebrew
2 entries- אֶלֶגַנְטִי adj (exhibiting elegance)
- מְהֻדָּר adj (exhibiting elegance)
Hindi
1 entries- शोभनीय adj (exhibiting elegance)
Hungarian
2 entries- elegáns adj (exhibiting elegance)
- előkelő adj (exhibiting elegance)
Irish
1 entries- galánta adj (exhibiting elegance)
Italian
1 entries- elegante adj (exhibiting elegance)
Japanese
4 entries- 優雅な adj (exhibiting elegance)
- 典雅な adj (exhibiting elegance)
- 立派な adj (exhibiting elegance)
- 高雅な adj (exhibiting elegance)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- janóta adj (exhibiting elegance)
Khmer
1 entries- ឆើតឆាយ adj (exhibiting elegance)
Korean
1 entries- 우아한 adj (exhibiting elegance)
Latin
4 entries- facētus adj (exhibiting elegance)
- lautus adj (exhibiting elegance)
- venustus adj (exhibiting elegance)
- ēlegans adj (exhibiting elegance)
Macedonian
3 entries- елега́нтен adj (exhibiting elegance)
- о́тмен adj (exhibiting elegance)
- пре́финет adj (exhibiting elegance)
Māori
3 entries- huatau adj (exhibiting elegance)
- purotu adj (exhibiting elegance)
- tōrire adj (exhibiting elegance)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- نازك adj (exhibiting elegance)
Polish
2 entries- elegancki adj (exhibiting elegance)
- wytworny adj (exhibiting elegance)
Portuguese
1 entries- elegante adj (exhibiting elegance)
Russian
3 entries- изя́щный adj (exhibiting elegance)
- шика́рный adj (exhibiting elegance)
- элега́нтный adj (exhibiting elegance)
Sanskrit
1 entries- रसिक adj (exhibiting elegance)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- elegantan adj (exhibiting elegance)
Spanish
4 entries- chic adj (exhibiting elegance)
- elegante adj (exhibiting elegance)
- glaxo adj (exhibiting elegance)
- paltón adj (exhibiting elegance)
Swedish
1 entries- elegant adj (exhibiting elegance)
Turkish
3 entries- kibar adj (exhibiting elegance)
- zarif adj (exhibiting elegance)
- şık adj (exhibiting elegance)
Urdu
1 entries- شائسته adj (exhibiting elegance)
Vietnamese
2 entries- tao nhã adj (exhibiting elegance)
- thanh lịch adj (exhibiting elegance)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
I prefer Noh to Kabuki, because the former looks more elegant to me than the latter.
Source: tatoeba (259896)
Many people, if not most, look on literary taste as an elegant accomplishment.
Source: tatoeba (275942)
A very elderly couple is having an elegant dinner to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary.
Source: tatoeba (277984)
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