modish

Examples

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• Only late in the day did jeans appear as the uniform of choice among some modish faculty as well as students, long after starched fashions had hit the skids in other parts of the country.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The restaurant's interior is designed to be both comfortable and modish, attracting trendy crowds.

• Let's see if we can scare up enough... to make at least one of us look, as you say, modish.

  Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

• You can look enchanting, interesting, modish, or fresh if only you consider for just minutes before setting off.

  Blog text (22)

• Of course, the terribly modish "spoon-smear" will come and go like any trend.

  Blog text (12)

• At last, Helsse appeared, wearing a modish suit of canary yellow velvet.

  Fiction book (1993)

• But my favorite Churchill story is the famous one about Lady Astor—a modish Tory politician who hated him.

  Blog text (10)

• From his waist down—riding shorts, leggings, and boots—the garments are modish.

  Academic text (1996)

• Baltard's pavilions drew enormous attention to Les Halles, their modish material signifying the most progressive building agenda to the crowds that flocked there.

  Academic text (1998)

• She always wears modish outfits that turn heads wherever she goes.

Synonyms

F

fashionable

vsmodish

85 2.6

Popular now because it follows the current style

focuses on actively following the current style

T

trendy

vsmodish

64 3.1

Very fashionable and popular now

covers following current fashion but may be less intense or recent

I

in style

vsmodish

51 2.9

Like what is fashionable now

stresses following current style rules rather than casual preference

I

in fashion

vsmodish

27 2.6

Popular and seen as stylish now

emphasizes conforming to whatever is the current style

I

in vogue

vsmodish

10 3.8

Fashionable and popular now

is about matching the prevailing fashion rather than mere popularity

O

on trend

vsmodish

3 3.7

Fashionable and popular right now

is about following current style rather than briefly popular items

F

faddish

vsmodish

1 7.4

Popular for a short time because of a passing trend

means steady conformity to current style rather than short-term frenzy

A

a la mode

vsmodish

7.4

In the current style that many people like

highlights conforming to contemporary style norms rather than historical ones

V

voguish

vsmodish

7.2

Having a style many people like now

is the general act of conforming to contemporary fashion

M

mod

vsmodish

6.7

Modern and fashionable in style, often in design or clothes

is broader, covering any following of current style not only modern ones

H

hippish

vsmodish

• Informal

8.1

Slightly fashionable in a young, modern way

is a fuller conformity to current fashion rather than a partial likeness

Antonyms

O

outdated

78 5.0

No longer useful or fashionable because it is old

U

unfashionable

8 3.7

Few people wear it now because it is not in style

How Fashionable

trendy

64 3.1

fashionable

85 2.6

modish

1 7.4

stylish

85 2.0

smart

127 2.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology