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fashionable

fashionable

85 2.6
Popular now because it follows the current style
  • adjective
  • /ˈfæʃənəbl/
translation icon : de moda
  • She always wears the latest trends and is known for being fashionable among her friends.
  • a fashionable dress
  • become fashionable
  • fashionable clothing

And I said, Yep, that is fashionable right there.

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Examples

  • The Wealth of Nations had become more fashionable than at any other time in its history.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The king, William III, was Dutch, and the fashionable diet was increasingly French.

    Academic text (2011)
  • So yeah, it's just a really fashionable statement piece.

  • I just feel I feel more fashionable just holding it.

  • It's just, it's just fashionable right now.

  • And this is a fashionable thing over here.

  • At last, London's fashionable set has made its return.

  • The color black was, and remains, a fashionable choice to convey restrained luxury.

    Academic text (2011)
  • You are a uniquely fashionable and dapper man.

  • What I like is expensive automobiles and fashionable clothing, but I can't afford them.

    Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

cool
vsfashionable
  • Informal
2.2

Fashionable and attractive to many people

is the basic label for following present styles without social skill focus
hip
vsfashionable
  • Informal
156 6.8

Aware of and following the latest trends

covers general following of trends rather than keen trend awareness
stylish
vsfashionable
85 2.0

Clothes or rooms that look fashionable and attractive

is the neutral category that includes simple popularity
trendy
vsfashionable
64 3.1

Very fashionable and popular now

is the standard term for following current styles without extra intensity
chic
vsfashionable
57 3.5

Elegant and fashionable in a simple, modern way

is the broader idea of following trends without elegance emphasis
in style
vsfashionable
51 2.9

Like what is fashionable now

is the more general notion of following current trends
up to date
vsfashionable
42 3.4

Having the latest style or information

focuses more on general popularity than specific modernity
in fashion
vsfashionable
27 2.6

Popular and seen as stylish now

uses a broader phrase for following current styles
all the rage
vsfashionable
24 5.5

Very popular and fashionable at a certain time

is the ordinary idea of following trends without extreme popularity
in vogue
vsfashionable
10 3.8

Fashionable and popular now

refers broadly to following contemporary fashion trends
on trend
vsfashionable
3 3.7

Fashionable and popular right now

is the neutral term for following current styles
glam
vsfashionable
2 4.5

Stylish and attractive with shiny, showy details

is the neutral sense of following current styles without showiness
in
vsfashionable
1 2.5

Popular now with many people

describes the general state of following current styles
modish
vsfashionable
1 7.4

A thing that is in style and popular now like clothes or hair

is the everyday way to state being stylish now
a la mode
vsfashionable
7.4

In the current style that many people like

is the plain description of following present styles
cool and stylish
vsfashionable
  • Slang
3.4

Looking fashionable and attractive in a way people admire

is the plain idea of following trends rather than being striking
hippish
vsfashionable
  • Informal
8.1

Slightly fashionable in a young, modern way

is the fuller, clearer notion of following current styles
voguish
vsfashionable
7.2

Having a style many people like now

describes the common idea of following current fashions

Antonyms

182 1.3

Not interesting or lively

78 5.0

No longer useful or fashionable because it is old

Few people wear it now because it is not in style

Compounds

People who are very stylish and set new fashion trends

How Fashionable

trendy
64 3.1
chic
57 3.5
fashionable
85 2.6
stylish
85 2.0

Surface Forms

fashionable positive
fashionabler comparative
fashionablest superlative

Morphology

fashionable = fashion (transparent) = fashion + able

Clear combination of 'fashion' and the suffix '-able', the meaning is directly derived: capable of or related to being in fashion.

Etymology

Fashionable comes from fashion, which in turn comes from the Latin root facere meaning 'to make'. So to be fashionable is to follow what people have 'made' into a style, which is why it means 'in style' or 'popular' today.