Antonyms of adj gauche

1 sense of gauche

Sense 1
gauche, graceless, unpolished -- (lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche")

INDIRECT (VIA inelegant) -> elegant -- (refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid")

Similarity of adj gauche

1 sense of gauche

Sense 1
gauche, graceless, unpolished -- (lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche")
       => inelegant (vs. elegant) -- (lacking in refinement or grace or good taste)

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