CHICHI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chichi mean? 

• CHICHI (noun)
  The noun CHICHI has 2 senses:

1. someone who dresses in a trendy fashionable way

2. elegance by virtue of being fashionable

  Familiarity information: CHICHI used as a noun is rare.

• CHICHI (adjective)
  The adjective CHICHI has 1 sense:

1. affectedly trendy and fashionable

  Familiarity information: CHICHI used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHICHI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who dresses in a trendy fashionable way

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("chichi" is a kind of...):

dresser (a person who dresses in a particular way)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Elegance by virtue of being fashionable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

chic; chichi; chicness; last word; modishness; smartness; stylishness; swank

Hypernyms ("chichi" is a kind of...):

elegance (a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chichi"):

dapperness; jauntiness; nattiness; rakishness (stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance)

• CHICHI (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Affectedly trendy and fashionable

Similar:

fashionable; stylish (having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress)