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newfangled

adj · 3 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌnjuːˈfæŋ.ɡəɫd/
  • US: /ˌnuˈfæŋ.ɡəld/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: N UW2 F AE1 NG G AH0 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

New and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, disapproving, humorous, not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • newfangled electronic gadgets that cost a lot and do little

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: oldfangled, old-fashioned

2

adj

Meaning 2

Fond of novelty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

(of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • newfangled ideas
  • she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: new

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From new + fangled, from obsolete fangle (“to fashion”).

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 新奇的 — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • Chinese Mandarin: 流行的 — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • Chinese Mandarin: 新式的 — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • Danish: nymodens — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • Dutch: nieuwerwets — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • Dutch: nieuwbakken — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • Finnish: uusi hieno — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • French: d'un nouveau genre — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • German: neumodisch — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • Ancient Greek: καινοπρεπής (kainoprepḗs) — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • Hungarian: új keletű — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • Hungarian: újsütetű — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • Irish: nua-aimseartha — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • Japanese: 新しもの好きの (atarashi mono suki no) — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • Norwegian: nymotens — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • Portuguese: moderninho — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • Russian: новомо́дный (novomódnyj) — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • Spanish: moderno — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • Spanish: ultramoderno — modern, unfamiliar or different
  • Welsh: newyddllyd — modern, unfamiliar or different