fashionable

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈfæʃənəbl̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #12675

Meanings

1

adj
Following the current popular style; in fashion.

She always wears fashionable clothes from the latest collections.
2

adj
Popular or widely accepted at a particular time.

It became fashionable to grow your own vegetables.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · following the current... stylish

More chic cool dapper done elegant groovy happening hep hip in jaunty modish

Opposites

unfashionable

Word family

Forms fashionableness

Derived forms antifashionablefashionabilityfashionablenessfashionablyinfashionablenonfashionableprefashionablesuperfashionableultrafashionableunfashionable

Related forms dandyfoppish

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Phrases (1)

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fashionable clothing
clothes that follow styles currently considered attractive or popular

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From fashion + -able.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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# fashionable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈfæʃənəbl̩/
**Frequency rank:** 12675

## Meanings
1. Following the current popular style; in fashion.
2. Popular or widely accepted at a particular time.

## Examples
- She always wears fashionable clothes from the latest collections.
- It became fashionable to grow your own vegetables.

## Synonyms
- chic
- cool
- dapper
- done
- elegant
- groovy
- happening
- hep
- hip
- in
- jaunty
- modish

## Antonyms
- unfashionable

## Derived Forms
- antifashionable
- fashionability
- fashionableness
- fashionably
- infashionable
- nonfashionable
- prefashionable
- superfashionable
- ultrafashionable
- unfashionable

## Related Forms
- dandy
- foppish

## Etymology
From fashion + -able.

## AI Etymology
Fashionable comes from fashion + -able. In current use, the main senses are “Following the current popular style; in fashion” and “Popular or widely accepted at a particular time”.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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