elegant
Graceful and stylish.
elegant in a sentence
- The elegant dancer glided across the stage in a long silver gown.
- The elegant racehorse stepped gracefully around the parade ring in front of the admiring crowd.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to elegant?
- Aclumsy
- Bgraceful
- Cscruffy
- Dplain
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B: graceful. The other three mean the opposite of elegant.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to elegant?
- Agraceful
- Bsmart
- Cstylish
- Dclumsy
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D: clumsy. The other three mean nearly the same as elegant.
Words that mean something similar
graceful, stylish, smart
Words that mean the opposite
clumsy, scruffy, plain
More words about appearance & looks
- embellish: To add extra details or decoration to make something fancier.
- erect: Standing up straight.
- exquisite: Extremely beautiful and finely made.
- feeble: Weak and without strength.
- flamboyant: Bold, colourful and eye-catching, in a way that makes people notice you.
- flawless: Perfect, with no mistakes or faults.
- flimsy: Thin, weak and easily broken.
- fragile: Easily broken or damaged.
More words to explore
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test