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fashionable

American  
[fash-uh-nuh-buhl] / ˈfæʃ ə nə bəl /

adjective

  1. observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish.

    a fashionable young woman.
    Synonyms:
    elegant, voguish, modish, smart, chic

  2. of, characteristic of, used, or patronized by the world of fashion.

    a fashionable shop.

  3. current; popular.

    a fashionable topic of conversation.

noun

  1. a fashionable person.

fashionable British  
/ ˈfæʃənəbəl /

adjective

  1. conforming to fashion; in vogue

  2. of, characteristic of, or patronized by people of fashion

    a fashionable café

  3. (usually foll by with) patronized (by); popular (with)

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Other Word Forms

  • antifashionable adjective
  • fashionability noun
  • fashionableness noun
  • fashionably adverb
  • nonfashionable adjective
  • nonfashionableness noun
  • nonfashionably adverb
  • quasi-fashionable adjective
  • quasi-fashionably adverb
  • ultrafashionable adjective
  • ultrafashionably adverb
  • unfashionable adjective
  • unfashionably adverb

Etymology

Origin of fashionable

First recorded in 1600–10; fashion + -able

Example Sentences

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The problem is one that bedevils investors every time they pile into fashionable trades: other investors.

From The Wall Street Journal

At last we crossed a broad canal and I knew we had reached the fashionable suburb of Aerdenhout.

From Literature

As in the Habsburg monarchy at large, German was the fashionable common language of erudition, commerce and art.

From The Wall Street Journal

As the demand grew for a portrait by Gainsborough, he himself became fashionable and was taken up by King George III. Even so, the name “Van Dyck” was among the artist’s last words.

From The Wall Street Journal

The guy that made 'false nine' fashionable operates in a different realm to a traditional frontman.

From BBC

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