fashionable

adjective fash·ion·able \ ˈfash-nə-bəl , ˈfa-shə-nə- \

Updated on: 11 Apr 2018

Definition of fashionable

1 : conforming to the custom, fashion, or established mode

2 : of or relating to the world of fashion

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fashionability

play \ˌfash-nə-ˈbi-lə-tē, ˌfa-shə-nə-\ noun

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fashionableness

play \ˈfash-nə-bəl-nəs, ˈfa-shə-\ noun

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fashionably

play \ˈfash-nə-blē, ˈfa-shə-nə-\ adverb

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Examples of fashionable in a Sentence

It isn't fashionable to express such an opinion these days.
fashionable people who know all the right restaurants

Recent Examples of fashionable from the Web

Lunch will be an 18th century macaroni and cheese recipe, a highly fashionable food in late 18th-century Paris.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Glastonbury Edition," 3 Apr. 2018
Wealthy Russians have been flooding into London since the fall of the Soviet Union, and in the last 15 years the diaspora has snowballed as the city has become an increasingly fashionable destination, even for middle-class Russians.

— nicola slawson, The Christian Science Monitor, "Post-poisoning, Russian expats feel London heat," 28 Mar. 2018
French food spent those years as an afterthought: stodgy, old-fashioned, and representative of all the things those more fashionable cuisines were breaking from.

— brett martin, GQ, "Lyon Is the Real Capital of French Food," 12 Mar. 2018
Designs grew bolder and more fashionable; brand names became style shorthand.

— dan greene, SI.com, "Flight of the Sole Man," 8 Mar. 2018
Unlike you, there is no question in my mind that this is not an OK look and shouldn’t be considered fashionable, even if everybody is doing it.

— ellen warren, chicagotribune.com, "Are pajama pants ever OK in public?," 12 Mar. 2018
Long frowned upon in professional workplaces, visible tattoos have become fashionable, especially as a way for entrepreneurs, like Cannon, to promote their businesses.

— frank witsil, Detroit Free Press, "Tattoos are in, ties are out in office fashion," 8 Mar. 2018
Always fashionable, he was clad in a Gucci baby blue and navy blue track suit with a tiger emblazoned on his back, paired with white sneakers.

— richy rosario, Billboard, "Bad Bunny Puts On Impressive Show in New York During Debut U.S. Tour," 3 Mar. 2018
In less than a decade, a vegan diet has gone from far-out to fashionable.

— rochelle koff, miamiherald, "How becoming a vegan may help your heart, high blood pressure and diabetes | Miami Herald," 1 Mar. 2018

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