aesthetic

UK: /iːsˈθɛtɪk/

US: /ɛsˈθɛtɪk/

US: (es thet′ik or, esp. Brit., ēs-)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

aes•thet•ic or es•thet•ic /ɛsˈθɛtɪk/   adj. 

1. of or relating to a sense of beauty or an appreciation of the arts:
   a keen aesthetic sense.

aes•thet•i•cal, adj. 
aes•thet•i•cal•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

aes•thet•ic  (es thet′ik or, esp. Brit., ēs-), adj. 

1. pertaining to a sense of the beautiful or to the science of aesthetics.
2. having a sense of the beautiful;
   characterized by a love of beauty.
3. pertaining to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure intellectuality.

n. 

4. Philosophy a philosophical theory or idea of what is aesthetically valid at a given time and place:
   the clean lines, bare surfaces, and sense of space that bespeak the machine-age aesthetic.
5. Philosophy aesthetics.
6. [Archaic.] the study of the nature of sensation.

Also, esthetic. 

• Greek aisthētikós, equivalent. to aisthēt(é̄s) (see aesthete) + -ikos -ic
• Neo-Latin aestheticus
• 1815–25

Synonyms

• 2. discriminating, cultivated, refined.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

aesthetic / iːsˈθɛtɪk ɪs-/, esthetic adjective
also: aesthetical, esthetical

1. connected with aesthetics or its principles
2. relating to pure beauty rather than to other considerations
3. artistic or relating to good taste: an aesthetic consideration

noun

1. a principle of taste or style adopted by a particular person, group, or culture: the Bauhaus aesthetic of functional modernity

aesˈthetically, esˈthetically adverb

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

es•thet•ic  (es thet′ik), adj., n. 

1. Philosophy aesthetic.