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Spell Bee Word: Artistic


What does artistic mean?

Word: Artistic

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Artistic means good at art, or done with skill and a sense of beauty. An artistic person enjoys drawing, painting, music or design.

Synonyms: imaginative

How do you spell artistic?

Syllables: ar - tis - tic

Tricky part: The ending is a short ic with no k after it, the same as in fantastic. Students who add a k or write ik lose the mark.

Watch out for: artistick, artistik

Memory tip: Fantastic, plastic and artistic all finish with the same short ic, and none of them needs a k.

Artistic in a sentence

Example 1: Our class made an artistic display of paper lanterns for the school fair.

Example 2: Kunal is very artistic and can sketch a face in two minutes.

Example 3: The artistic tiles on the station walls show scenes from local history.

Fun Fact

In the Olympics, artistic gymnastics includes events such as the balance beam, the uneven bars and the floor exercise.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

cisttair

a) statistic
b) artistic
c) altruistic
d) artistry

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b) artistic. Artistry has a y and no c, statistic has no r, and altruistic needs an l and a u.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: artistic

a) clever
b) careless
c) sporty
d) creative

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d) creative. An artistic person is creative and makes beautiful things; clever and sporty describe other gifts.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

artisitic

a) t
b) c
c) i
d) s

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c) i. After artist comes only ic, so no i squeezes in before the second t.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which hobby would an artistic child most enjoy?

a) designing birthday cards
b) solving maths puzzles
c) collecting old coins
d) learning chess openings

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a) designing birthday cards

2. The poster won first prize because it was artistic. In other words, it was ____.

a) beautifully designed
b) the biggest in size
c) full of facts
d) finished the fastest

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a) beautifully designed

Associated Words

Words that end in -istic: naturalistic, optimistic, linguistic, realistic, antagonistic

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: imaginative

More words from this list

catalogue, council, dominion, generous, isolation, original, respectful, underdog

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