fashionable

[ fash-uh-nuh-buhl ]

/ ˈfæʃ ə nə bəl /

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.

Nearby words

fashion house, fashion icon, fashion plate, fashion victim, fashion-forward, fashionable, fashioner, fashionista, fashiony, fashoda, fashoda incident

Origin of fashionable

First recorded in 1600–10; fashion + -able

SYNONYMS FOR fashionable

1 chic, smart, modish, voguish, elegant.

ANTONYMS FOR fashionable

out-of-date; passé.

Related forms

fash·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, adjective

non·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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Examples from the Web for fashionably

Tin Nyo is a slender Asian woman, fashionably dressed, who looks at least a decade younger than her 49 years.
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Akin to this is fashionably slangy conversation concerning the latest thing in books, magazine articles, trivial plays.
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In another shop were two pelisses of faded lilac color; these were of modern cut and fashionably made.
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Stage the third represents the crowning of the shaven pate with a luxuriant and fashionably dressed head of hair.
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"This lady" was a fashionably dressed young woman who had just bounced into the witness-box and was now being sworn.
The Vanishing Man|R. Austin Freeman
They had to put them down the backs of the men only, because the fashionably dressed ladies hadn't any backs to put them down.
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British Dictionary definitions for fashionably

fashionable

/ (ˈfæʃənəbəl) /

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 Forms

fashionability or fashionableness, nounfashionably, adverb

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