Meaning of FASHIONABLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'fashunubul
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [adj] being or in accordance with current fashion; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe"
- [adj] having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd"
- [adj] patronized by
|
| |
| | Websites: | | |
| |
| | Synonyms: | | a la mode(p), chic, chichi, classy, cool, dapper, dashing, faddish, faddy, groovy, in, in style(p), in vogue(p), jaunty, last, latest, mod, modern, modernistic, modish, natty, newest, olde worlde, old-time, popular, popular with(p), posh, quaint, raffish, rakish, smart, snappy, snazzy, spiffy, spruce, stylish, swagger, swank, swanky, swish, trendsetting, trendy, up-to-date, voguish |
| |
| | Antonyms: | | out of fashion, styleless, unfashionable, unstylish | | |
|
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
\Fash"ion*a*ble\, a.
1. Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according
with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable
dress.
2. Established or favored by custom or use; current;
prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable
philosophy; fashionable opinions.
3. Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or
behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a
fashionable man.
4. Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society.
Time is like a fashionable host That slightly shakes
his parting guest by the hand. --Shak.
\Fash"ion*a*ble\, n.
A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the
plural.
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | a la mode, advanced, all the rage, all the thing, arbiter of fashion, avant-garde, Beau Brummel, chic, clotheshorse, clubman, clubwoman, contemporary, current, dandy, dashing, deb, debutante, exclusive, far out, fashion plate, fop, forward-looking, hip, in, in fashion, in style, in vogue, man-about-town, mod, modern, modernistic, modernized, modish, mondain, mondaine, new, newfashioned, now, popular, present-day, present-time, prevalent, progressive, smart, socialite, streamlined, stylish, subdeb, subdebutante, swank, swinger, swish, taste-maker, tone-setter, trend-setter, trendy, twentieth-century, ultramodern, ultra-ultra, up-to-date, up-to-datish, up-to-the-minute, way out, with it, with-it |
| |
|
|
|