Fashionable

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fashionable \Fash"ion*a*ble\, a.
     1. Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according
        with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable
        dress.
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     2. Established or favored by custom or use; current;
        prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable
        philosophy; fashionable opinions.
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     3. Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or
        behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a
        fashionable man.
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     4. Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society.
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              Time is like a fashionable host
              That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.
                                                    --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fashionable \Fash"ion*a*ble\, n.
     A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the
     plural.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fashionable
       adj 1: being or in accordance with current fashion; "fashionable
              clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a
              fashionable cafe" [syn: {stylish}] [ant: {unfashionable}]
       2: 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" [syn: {stylish}]
          [ant: {styleless}]
       3: patronized by [syn: {popular with(p)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "fashionable":
     Beau Brummel, a la mode, advanced, all the rage, all the thing,
     arbiter of fashion, avant-garde, 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, ultra-ultra, ultramodern,
     up-to-date, up-to-datish, up-to-the-minute, way out, with it,
     with-it