US /ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk/ UK /ɑːˈtɪs.tɪk/
adj adv Freq #7269

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Relating to art or artists.

    The city has a rich artistic tradition.

  2. 2
    adj

    Having or showing skill and imagination in creating things.

    She comes from a very artistic family.

  3. 3
    adj

    Beautiful and pleasing to look at.

    The cake was decorated in an artistic way.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · having or showing skill and... creative
3 adj · beautiful and pleasing to... aesthetic
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Word family
Derived forms antiartisticartisticnessartlangheartisticinterartisticmusicoartisticnonartisticpreartisticunartistic

Etymology

Borrowed from French artistique, from artiste + -ique. By surface analysis, artist + -ic.

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