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fashionable definition

fash·ion·able (-ə bəl)

adjective

  1. following the current style; in fashion; stylish
  2. of, characteristic of, or used by people who follow the current fashion

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fashionable Synonyms

fashionable

modif.

in fashion, stylish, in style, in vogue, chic, popular, being done, favored, à la mode, all the rage, contemporary, current, modish, smart, up-to-date, faddish, dashing, rakish, natty, dapper, elegant, chichi, upscale, high-style, in the latest mode, in the swim, prevalent, trendsetting, vogue, voguish, hot*, in*, trendy*, hip*, yuppie*, mod*, going like wildfire*, up-to-the-minute*, with-it*, the thing*, the cat's pajamas*, sharp*, snazzy*, cool*, jamming them in*, now*.


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fashionable Usage Examples

Preposition: at

  • moment: You got the bindis, that is quite fashionable at the moment, the henna.

Modifies a noun

  • accouterment: This year, the Groovy world is expanding, with three new dolls and all sorts of fashionable new accouterments.

Modifying Another Word

  • increasingly: From the middle of the century with the development of the creamware body, pierced ware became increasingly fashionable.

Infinitive complement

  • decry: It is fashionable to decry all legends and deny all tradition.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: Many early chimneys would have been built without chimney pots, which only became fashionable in the mid 19th century.

Preposition: in

  • circle: It's become fashionable in certain circles to dismiss the Kyoto agreement.
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fashionable quotes

A fashionable gentleman who much concerns himself withthefashions of gentlemenisneither fashionablenor a gentleman.

-Alsop, Stewart

A fashionable woman wears clothes; the clothes don't wear her.

-Quant, Mary

For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always old-fashioned.

-Sandys, George

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