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Showing words for ELEGANT using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Elegant

angelet, elegant

6 Letter Words for Elegant

alenge, eaglet, elanet, gelant, gelate, geneal, geneat, gentle, lanete, lateen, legate, negate, tangle, teagle, telang, telega

5 Letter Words for Elegant

agene, agent, agete, aglee, aglet, agnel, anele, angel, angle, anlet, atlee, eagle, eaten, elate, enage, enate, engle, ental, entea, etage, etang, galee, galen, galet, genae, genal, genet, glean, gleen, gleet, glene, glent, lagen, laten, nagel, neela, tagel, teleg, tenga, tenge, tenla

4 Letter Words for Elegant

agee, agen, aget, alee, alen, anet, ante, atle, eale, egal, elan, elne, engl, eten, etna, gael, gaen, gaet, gale, galt, gane, gant, gate, geal, gean, geat, geet, gena, gene, genl, gent, geta, glee, glen, gnat, laen, laet, lane, lang, lant, late, lean, leat, leet, lege, lena, lene, leng, lent, lete, nael, nale, natl, neal, neat, neet, nete, tael, taen, tale, tane, tang, teal, tean, teel, teen, tega, tela, tele, tene, teng

3 Letter Words for Elegant

age, agt, ale, alg, aln, alt, ane, ant, ate, ean, eat, eeg, eel, een, ela, elt, ene, eng, enl, eta, gal, gan, gat, gee, gel, gen, get, glt, gte, lag, lan, lat, lea, lee, leg, let, nae, nag, nat, nea, nee, neg, net, tag, tal, tan, tea, tee, teg, tel, ten, tgn, tln, tng

Definitions for Elegant

[1] tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.: elegant furnishings.
[2] gracefully refined and dignified, as in tastes, habits, or literary style: an elegant young gentleman; an elegant prosodist.
[3] graceful in form or movement: an elegant wave of the hand.
[4] appropriate to refined taste: a man devoted to elegant pursuits.
[5] excellent; fine; superior: an absolutely elegant wine.
[6] (of scientific, technical, or mathematical theories, solutions, etc.) gracefully concise and simple; admirably succinct.
[7] tasteful in dress, style, or design
[8] dignified and graceful in appearance, behaviour, etc
[9] cleverly simple; ingenious an elegant solution to a problem

Words related to Elegant

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

Words nearby Elegant

electuary, eledoisin, eleemosynary, elegance, elegancy, elegant, elegiac, elegiac couplet, elegiac pentameter, elegiac stanza, elegist

Origin of Elegant

1400–50; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin ēlegant- (stem of ēlegāns ) tasteful, choice, equivalent to ēleg- (akin to ēlig- select; see elect) + -ant- -ant; orig. present participle of lost v.

Words that may be confused with Elegant

elegant, eloquent

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

Word origin for Elegant

C16: from Latin ēlegāns tasteful, related to ēligere to select; see elect

Synonyms for Elegant

chic, classic, delicate, dignified, exquisite, fancy, fashionable, graceful, grand, handsome, luxurious, neat, opulent, ornate, polished, refined, simple, stately, stylish, stylized, sumptuous, affected, 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, stuffy, superior, turgid, well-bred