faddy

7.7

Fashionable for a short time like a passing trend

adjective
/ˈfædi/

: de moda

Many influencers promote faddy products that become popular for just a season.

Examples

That restaurant is always packed with customers eager to try the latest faddy dishes.
Artificial ahead today, the New York airport brand, Michael Kors sale publisher appearance looked good accumulation of insiders and big shots in faddy polishing fun ready-made clothes, shoes, and bags because of distribution.

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The designer is known for his faddy trends that quickly go out of style.

Synonyms

hip

vsfaddy

Informal

156 6.8

Aware of and following the latest trends

focuses on brief intense fashionability rather than personal trend awareness

fashionable

vsfaddy

85 2.6

Popular now because it follows the current style

tends to be less extreme and less short-lived than intense fad fashion

trendy

vsfaddy

64 3.1

Very fashionable and popular now

focuses on short-lived intense fashion rather than general up-to-dateness

in fashion

vsfaddy

27 2.6

Popular and seen as stylish now

is more about intense short-lived appeal than general timebound popularity

all the rage

vsfaddy

24 5.5

Very popular and fashionable at a certain time

is intensely fashionable for a short time rather than just very popular

on trend

vsfaddy

3 3.7

Fashionable and popular right now

highlights being brief and fad driven rather than merely current

faddish

vsfaddy

1 7.4

Popular for a short time because of a passing trend

has identical meaning but appears as an alternative word form

vsfaddy

1 2.5

Popular now with many people

implies temporary craze and stronger intensity than mere present popularity

Antonyms

classic

539 3.4

A typical, high quality example of its kind

timeless

70 4.6

Stays beautiful or important even as years pass

How Faddish

faddy

7.7

trendy

64 3.1

fashionable

85 2.6

mainstream

75 3.4

conservative

∞ 4.6

Surface Forms

faddy positive

faddier comparative

faddiest superlative

Morphology

faddy = fad (transparent) = fad + y

Clearly formed from the noun 'fad' plus the adjectival suffix '-y', giving 'characteristic of a fad'.

Etymology

The word faddy comes from the word fad, which means 'a fashion that lasts only a short time', plus the ending -y which means 'full of' or 'having'. So, something faddy is 'full of fads' and is fashionable only for a short time.