Standard Lemma guide

fashionable

adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈfæʃənəbl̩/
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  • CMU ARPABET: F AE1 SH AH0 N AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: F AE1 SH N AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style; in fashion; in vogue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a fashionable dress
  • a fashionable man

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: styleworthy

Antonyms: basic, cheugy, cringe, cringey, cringeworthy, dated, démodé, fossilized, inelegant, last year, normie, old, old-fashioned, old-hat, oldfangled, ossified, out, out of date, out of fashion, out of touch, outdated, outmoded, passé, rinky-dink, tacky, unchic, uncool, unfashionable, unhip, unpopular, unstylish, untrendy

2

adj

Meaning 2

Established or favoured by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the fashionable philosophy
  • fashionable opinions

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

genteel; well-bred

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Examples

  • fashionable society

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A fashionable person; a fop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy, dike, dood, dude, dudelet, exquisite, fashionable, fast man, fine gentleman, fop, foretop, fribble, gallant, go, jack-a-dandy, Jemmy-Jessamy, jetter, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, mignon, petit maître, popinjay, pretty boy, prig, puss-gentleman, smart, spark, spiff, swell, tippy, toff, Corinthian, faddist, fashionist, fashionista, hepcat, hepster, hipster, sophisto, snappy dresser, trendite, trendy, voguie

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

being or in accordance with current social fashions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • fashionable clothing
  • the fashionable side of town
  • a fashionable cafe

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stylish

Antonyms: unfashionable

6

adjective

Meaning 6

having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey
  • the stylish resort of Gstadd

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stylish

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

patronized by

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English fashion Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English fashionable From fashion + -able.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: модерен (moderen) — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Chinese Mandarin: 時髦 /时髦 (shímáo) — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Chinese Mandarin: 風靡 /风靡 (fēngmǐ) — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Chinese Mandarin: 時興 /时兴 (shíxīng) — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Chinese Mandarin: 入時 /入时 (rùshí) — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Chinese Mandarin: 當令 /当令 (dānglìng) — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Chinese Mandarin: 流行 (liúxíng) — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Dutch: modieus — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Esperanto: laŭmoda — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Esperanto: mojosa — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Finnish: muodikas — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • French: à la mode — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • French: en vogue — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • French: fashionable — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Galician: á moda — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • German: modisch — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • German: fashionable — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Greek: μοδάτος (modátos) — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Hungarian: divatos — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Icelandic: í tísku — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Ido: enmoda — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Irish: galánta — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Japanese: はやりの (hayari-no) — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Japanese: 洒落た (shareta) — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Japanese: 流行の (ryūkō-no) — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Kazakh: сәнді (sändı) — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Māori: rorotu — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Māori: tōingo — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Polish: modny — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Polish: gustowny — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Polish: szykowny — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Polish: na topie — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Portuguese: moderno — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Portuguese: na moda — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Russian: мо́дный (módnyj) — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Russian: фешене́бельный (fešenɛ́belʹnyj) — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Scottish Gaelic: nòsach — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Scottish Gaelic: nòsail — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Scottish Gaelic: nòsmhor — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Scottish Gaelic: modhail — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Scottish Gaelic: fasanta — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Slovak: módny — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Spanish: a la moda — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Spanish: de moda — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Spanish: en voga — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Spanish: estar fashion (estar fashon) — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Swedish: inne — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Tagalog: asak — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
  • Ukrainian: модний (modnyj) — characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style
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