Definitions

classy

[klas-ee, klah-see] / ˈklæs i, ˈklɑ si /

ADJECTIVE

stylish, having panache

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chic elegant fashionable high-class posh

WEAK

dashing exclusive fly in in vogue mod modish select sharp superior swank swanky tony uptown

Antonyms

STRONGEST

old-fashioned unfashionable

WEAK

inelegant inferior unstylish

Example Sentences

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But Kemp, only just returning to bowling after more than a year of back injury restrictions, came to the fore again by having the classy Smriti Mandhana caught at deep square leg for 32.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

You’re barely going to have any cash left over for one of their classy $60 garden gnomes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Bad Bunny wore an all-white ensemble, with a football jersey featuring the number "64" and "Ocasio," before donning a classy suit jacket.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

I think JJ Redick is an excellent coach and a classy individual, but one thing he does during a game drives me nuts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026

Once Mom told Yum Li that he could have a big classy restaurant in Manhattan if he wanted to.

From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead

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