swanky
18
7.4
- adjective
- /ˈswæŋki/
- Informal
:
lujoso
- She wore a swanky dress that turned heads at the party.
Beyond lights turned down, you could barely see the person's great kind of swanky music.
- Beyond lights turned down, you could barely see the person's great kind of swanky music.
- This is a little going out, swanky dress, not thick material, not like yay and you know, wonderful, but it's not it's not bad at all.
Examples
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As proof, I recalled a dinner at a swanky restaurant in Oxford.
Fiction book (2001) -
It's a pretty big wedding at a swanky location with lots of people.
Blog text (25) -
I really could imagine this in a swanky flat somewhere.
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Getting to come to these swanky dinner parties?
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It's a real swanky place.
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A private car took me from the airport to a swanky private college.
Academic text (2017) -
Big, swanky place for the carriage trade.
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Oh, a developer is building a swanky resort.
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Make sure you don't leave without stopping for a drink at the very swanky rooftop Portrait Restaurant and Bar.
Blog text (11) -
New additions include an outdoor gaming area and a swanky cocktail lounge with an eye-catching mosaic-tiled bar.
Blog text (2)
Synonyms
497
2.7
Decorative and not plain, often with many small details
133
4.1
Being elegant and stylish and showing good taste
85
2.0
Clothes or rooms that look fashionable and attractive
69
4.1
Very bright or showy in a way that attracts attention
57
3.5
Elegant and fashionable in a simple, modern way
38
6.9
Expensive and stylish in a way that rich people like
20
5.8
Showing elegant, expensive style that makes someone seem richer or more important
17
3.8
Stylish and neat in appearance, often because of clothes or hair
16
7.8
Neat and stylish in appearance
15
7.2
Bright and stylish in a way that draws attention
15
7.7
Very rich and expensive in a way that shows great wealth
13
4.8
A bright, showy look that tries to impress people
12
3.6
Suitable for formal events like a wedding or party
8
3.2
Bright or fancy in a way that draws attention
7
7.5
Expensive and fashionable, showing that someone has money
4
7.7
Fashionable and showy in a way that seems rich
3
6.3
Bright and showy in style to attract attention
1
8.7
Very fancy in a way that tries to impress people
1
7.2
Being stylish and looking expensive
1
9.6
Looking expensive or stylish in a showy, joking way
Rich, comfortable, and clearly expensive
Looks very expensive to impress people
Being fancy and expensive, liked by rich people
Stylish in a way that shows upper-class manners
Very careful about clothes and manners in a showy way
Very high-class and fashionable, often for food or clothing
Attractive and stylish in a bold, showy way
Having bright, stylish clothes or decorations that look showy for parties
Having a fashionable, attractive look, like new clothes or a neat room
A person who dresses stylishly to show wealth or high social class
Antonyms
How Stylish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word swanky comes from the old slang swank, which meant 'to show off' or 'be proud' and is like the common word swagger. So something swanky is stylish in a way that shows off and tries to impress people.