Synonyms of faddish

faddish

adjective

as in fashionable

enjoying widespread favor or approval

a faddish novelist who impressed some critics, at least for a time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fashionable
• popular
• favorite
• popularized
• pop
• large
• faddy
• vogue
• hot
• big
• happening
• desirable
• modish
• voguish
• famous
• in
• red-hot
• crowd-pleasing
• preferred
• celebrated
• prominent
• fabulous
• legendary
• du jour
• notorious
• selected
• famed
• liked
• renowned
• important
• outstanding
• notable
• fabled
• semipopular
• remarkable
• noted
• wanted
• well-known
• leading
• significant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unpopular
• unfashionable
• out
• rejected
• unimportant
• disliked
• insignificant
• despised
• detested
• hated
• unknown
• obscure
• unexceptional
• washed-up
• anonymous
• inconspicuous
• nameless
• indistinguished

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of faddish

Until the start of the seventies and especially throughout the fifties, Fiedler was discerning without being snobbish, avant-garde without being faddish. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

And for reasons that will soon be made clear, some of the peptides that make their way into the faddish and often gray-market concoctions have what appear to be Yiddish names. — Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026

What is new, however, is the scale, accessibility, and uptake of faddish pharmaceuticals. — Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026