DU JOUR Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

du jour

adjective

dü-ˈzhər

as in fashionable

enjoying widespread favor or approval that year the yellow tie was the fashion accessory du jour for ambitious male executives

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Recent Examples of du jour Some of that was spent on Tyler Myers, their rental right-shot defenseman du jour, and some was spent on winger Michael Bunting, who will add some scoring punch to the middle six. —

Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026 The competition, which runs this May 21 to 24, openly invites its participants to inject or ingest steroids or Human Growth Hormone or whatever doping product du jour before competing. —

Frederick Dreier, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026 Matching sets, best known for being a one-and-done look, have been the outfit du jour for both Martha Stewart and Oprah as of late. —

Melony Forcier, InStyle, 4 Mar. 2026 Sánchez Bezos, who, for all intents and purposes, is perhaps somewhat of a neo-Melania—the woman who married the ultimate billionaire du jour—has also graced a Vogue cover in her wedding dress. —

José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for du jour

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Set the scene Copenhagen Fashion Week may only occur twice a year, but staying at the Bella Grande recreates the city’s most fashionable event on the daily.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026
The final space in the show considers Gnoli’s preoccupation with clothing, in part a product of his costume-design background and exposure to his first wife’s fashionable friends.

— Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2026