Swanky

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swankie \Swank"ie\, Swanky \Swank"y\, n. [Cf. G. schwank
     flexible, pliant.]
     An active and clever young fellow. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  swanky
       adj : imposingly fashionable and elegant; "a swank apartment"
             [syn: {swank}]
       [also: {swankiest}, {swankier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "swanky":
     Babylonian, Corinthian, awe-inspiring, awful, barbaric, braw, chic,
     chichi, classy, clothes-conscious, cosmopolitan, dapper, dashing,
     deluxe, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, elaborate, elegant,
     exquisite, extravagant, fancy, fashionable, fine, genteel,
     glorious, grand, grandiose, imposing, impressive, jaunty,
     luxurious, magnificent, majestic, natty, neat, nifty, nobby, noble,
     palatial, plush, posh, princely, proud, recherche, ritzy, sharp,
     sleek, smart, smug, snazzy, soigne, soignee, sophisticated, spiffy,
     splendacious, splendid, splendiferous, spruce, stately,
     style-conscious, stylish, sumptuous, superb, superfancy, superfine,
     swank, swell, swish, tricksy, trig, trim, well-dressed,
     well-groomed