fashionable

[fash-uh-nuh-buhl]

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adjective

observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
of, characteristic of, used, or patronized by the world of fashion: a fashionable shop.
current; popular: a fashionable topic of conversation.

noun

a fashionable person.

Origin of fashionable

First recorded in 1600–10; fashion + -able

Related formsfash·ion·a·ble·ness, fash·ion·a·bil·i·ty, nounfash·ion·a·bly, adverban·ti·fash·ion·a·ble, adjectivenon·fash·ion·a·ble, adjectivenon·fash·ion·a·ble·ness, nounnon·fash·ion·a·bly, adverbqua·si-fash·ion·a·ble, adjectivequa·si-fash·ion·a·bly, adverbul·tra·fash·ion·a·ble, adjectiveul·tra·fash·ion·a·bly, adverbun·fash·ion·a·ble, adjectiveun·fash·ion·a·bly, adverb

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1. chic, smart, modish, voguish, elegant.

Antonyms

out-of-date; passé.

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Examples from the Web for fashionable

Contemporary Examples

The Ismael brothers even make an effort to look cool, if not fashionable, by local standards.
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Mohammed A. Salih
December 27, 2014
Available at Jonathan Adler Whisky Tumbler Set—Light Horn, $65 This is drinking at its most fashionable.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Angelina Jolie in Your Life
Allison McNearney
November 29, 2014
The new way to show your love and affection for your bestie is with a fashionable Little Scocha friendship bracelet.
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Allison McNearney
November 29, 2014
With this cool leather moto hat from Vince Camuto, you can look fabulous and fashionable while keeping your locks in line.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Anthony Bourdain in Your Life
Allison McNearney
November 29, 2014
For many young women, pregnancy is a great excuse to take a break from the pressure to be fashionable.
Kate Middleton, the Preggers Fashion Princess
Tom Sykes
November 14, 2014

Historical Examples

What, in the name of gentility, can you know of fashionable life?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327
Various
But quizzing is now so fashionable—nobody can be angry with any body.
Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
A fashionable publisher has offered him five hundred pounds for a book.
The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad
He might, perhaps, be led into all sorts of fashionable dissipation and vice.
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
It was a perpetual coming and going of fashionable personages.
In the Heart of Vosges
Matilda Betham-Edwards

British Dictionary definitions for fashionable

fashionable

adjective

conforming to fashion; in vogue
of, characteristic of, or patronized by people of fashiona fashionable café
(usually foll by with) patronized (by); popular (with)

Derived Formsfashionability or fashionableness, nounfashionably, adverb

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for fashionable

adj.

"stylish," c.1600, "capable of being fashioned," also "conformable to prevailing tastes," from fashion + -able. Related: Fashionably.

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Examples from the Web for fashionable

Contemporary Examples

The Ismael brothers even make an effort to look cool, if not fashionable, by local standards.

Available at Jonathan Adler Whisky Tumbler Set—Light Horn, $65 This is drinking at its most fashionable.

The new way to show your love and affection for your bestie is with a fashionable Little Scocha friendship bracelet.

With this cool leather moto hat from Vince Camuto, you can look fabulous and fashionable while keeping your locks in line.

For many young women, pregnancy is a great excuse to take a break from the pressure to be fashionable.

Historical Examples

What, in the name of gentility, can you know of fashionable life?

But quizzing is now so fashionable—nobody can be angry with any body.

A fashionable publisher has offered him five hundred pounds for a book.

He might, perhaps, be led into all sorts of fashionable dissipation and vice.

It was a perpetual coming and going of fashionable personages.

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Word Origin and History for fashionable

adj.

Origin of fashionable