'Swank' definitions:
Definition of 'swank'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Imposingly fashionable and elegant; "a swank apartment" [syn: swank, swanky]
noun
Elegance by virtue of being fashionable [syn: chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last word]
verb
Definition of 'Swank'
From: GCIDE
- Swink \Swink\, v. i. [imp. Swank, Swonk; p. p. Swonken; p. pr. & vb. n. Swinking.] [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See Swing.] To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- Or swink with his hands and labor. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- For which men swink and sweat incessantly. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- The swinking crowd at every stroke pant "Ho." --Sir Samuel Freguson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'swank'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airs,
- awe-inspiring,
- awful,
- Babylonian,
- barbaric,
- bounce,
- brave show,
- braw,
- chic,
- chichi,
- classy,
- clothes-conscious,
- cock,
- Corinthian,
- cosmopolitan,
- dapper,
- dashing,
- deluxe,
- dressed to advantage,
- dressed to kill,
- elaborate,
- elegant,
- exquisite,
- extravagant,
- fancy,
- fine,
- flamboyant,
- genteel,
- glorious,
- grand,
- grandiose,
- highfaluting ways,
- imposing,
- impressive,
- jaunty,
- lofty airs,
- look big,
- luxurious,
- magnificent,
- majestic,
- natty,
- neat,
- nifty,
- nobby,
- noble,
- ostentatious,
- palatial,
- peacock,
- peacockery,
- peacockish,
- peacockishness,
- peacocky,
- plush,
- pontificate,
- posh,
- prance,
- pretensions,
- pretentious,
- princely,
- proud,
- put on,
- put on airs,
- put on side,
- recherche,
- ritz it,
- ritzy,
- sharp,
- side,
- sleek,
- smart,
- smug,
- snappy,
- snazzy,
- soigne,
- soignee,
- sophisticated,
- spiffy,
- splashy,
- splendacious,
- splendid,
- splendiferous,
- spruce,
- stalk,
- stately,
- strut,
- strutting,
- style-conscious,
- sumptuous,
- superb,
- superfancy,
- superfine,
- swagger,
- swaggering,
- swanky,
- swash,
- swashbuckle,
- swashbucklering,
- swashbucklery,
- swashbuckling,
- swell,
- swell it,
- swish,
- tony,
- trendy,
- tricksy,
- trig,
- trim,
- vain pretensions,
- vaporing,
- well-dressed,
- well-groomed,
- with-it