| Adj. | 1. | elegant - refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"dignified - having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance; "her dignified demeanor"; "the director of the school was a dignified white-haired gentleman" graceful - characterized by beauty of movement, style, form etc.; not awkward refined - used of persons and their behavior; cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" sophisticated - having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book" inelegant - lacking in refinement or grace or good taste | |
| 2. | elegant - suggesting taste, ease, and wealthgracious - characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor" | |
| 3. | elegant - of seemingly effortless beauty in form or proportiongraceful - characterized by beauty of movement, style, form etc.; not awkward | |
| 4. | elegant - refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman"dignified - having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance; "her dignified demeanor"; "the director of the school was a dignified white-haired gentleman" | |