fashionable

FASH-uhn-uh-buhl/ˈfæʃənəbl̩/

Noun pluralfashionables

4 meanings of fashionable

1
adjective
Popular and liked by many people right now, especially in clothes and style.
Like a song everyone wants to hear because it just became a hit.
She bought a fashionable coat for the cold winter.
Short haircuts became fashionable again last year.
Similarstylish, trendy, chic, modish, popular
Oppositeunfashionable, outdated, dated, old-fashioned
2
adjective
Accepted and used by most people at a certain time.
Like a rule everyone followed just because that was the normal way back then.
Long, formal speeches were fashionable in those days.
It was fashionable to name babies after famous kings.
Similarpopular, customary, common, prevalent, accepted
Oppositeunfashionable, outmoded, unpopular
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3
nouncountable
A person who follows the newest styles and cares a lot about looking smart.
Like someone who always buys the newest phone just to be the first to have it.
A young fashionable arrived at the ball in a bright silk coat.
The fashionables gathered at the theater to show off their outfits.
Similardandy, fop, fashionista, hipster, trendy
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Less common meaning

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adjectivearchaic
Having polite manners and the good upbringing of a high social class.
Like someone who always knows the right way to act at a fancy dinner.
Her gentle, fashionable manners showed she came from a good family.
For time is like a faſhionable Hoſte / That ſlightly ſhakes his parting Gueſt by th'hand;
c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”Here, fashionable means polite and well mannered, like a well-bred person.
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Origin

From the word "fashion" plus "-able".