modish

adjective

mod·​ish ˈmō-dish 

: fashionable, stylish

a modish hat

a modish writer

modishly adverb

modishness noun

Synonyms of modish

• fashionable
• stylish
• chic
• happening

Examples of modish in a Sentence

He wore a modish gray suit and hat.

the strikingly modish gowns that actresses wear to award shows

Recent Examples on the Web

In 1880, a year before painting Alice and Elisabeth, Renoir, then a modish, ambitious Impressionist, not yet forty, had painted Irène Cahen d’Anvers in the garden of a town palace on Avenue Montaigne, steps from the Champs-Élysées. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026

This two-week series will highlight wellness events ranging from the trendiest yoga and pilates classes to modish beauty treatments and even a chocolate-making class. — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026

His output can be seen as a kind of wilderness preserve, in which stray fragments of musical history are allowed to roam free, without having to worry about adapting themselves to any modish system or sensibility. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026

Neither modish nor cookie-cutter rustic in aesthetic, the hotel, tucked away off the main street in the village of Malfa, feels like a genuine home, where old framed maps, ceramics, pots, and paintings, along with other antiques, have been collected over the years. — Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1652, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

modish

adjective

mod·​ish ˈmōd-ish 

: fashionable sense 1, stylish

modishly adverb

modishness noun