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fashion

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of fashion

1 a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time
  • always tried to keep up with the latest fashion
Synonyms of fashion

craze, enthusiasm, fad, go, last word, latest, mode, rage, sensation, style, trend, vogue
Words Related to fashion

nine days' wonder (also nine day wonder)

new wave

crush, infatuation

fervor, passion

furor, fuss, hullabaloo, to-do, uproar

bandwagon, crusade, cult, movement

novelty, wrinkle

caprice, fancy, whim
Near Antonyms of fashion

classic, standard
2 a distinctive way of putting ideas into words
  • When angry, he tends to express himself in an unbecoming fashion.
Synonyms of fashion

locution, manner, mode, phraseology, style, tone, vein
Words Related to fashion

address, delivery, elocution

archaism, colloquialism, regionalism

acceptation, connotation, denotation, expression, idiom
3 a usual manner of behaving or doing
  • It has long been my fashion to rise early.
Synonyms of fashion

custom, habit, habitude, pattern, practice (also practise), ritual, second nature, trick, way, wont
Words Related to fashion

addiction

disposition

bent, inclination, proclivity, set, tendency, tenor, turn

bag, convention, form, mode, style

usage, use

deportment, manners, mores

drill, groove, jog trot, regime (also régime), regimen, rote, routine, rut

affectation, airs, pose

attribute, characteristic, mark, trait
4 the means or procedure for doing something
  • You can mix the ingredients in any fashion you choose—by hand or by machine.
Synonyms of fashion

approach, form, how, manner, method, methodology, recipe, strategy, style, system, tack, tactics, technique, way
Words Related to fashion

mode, modus operandi

blueprint, design, game, game plan, ground plan, intrigue, layout, line, model, plan, plot, program, route, scheme

expedient, move, shift, step

practice (also practise), process, routine

policy
5 high position within society
  • an event attended by people of fashion from all over the city
Synonyms of fashion

class, dignity, quality, rank, standing, state
Words Related to fashion

gentility, gentleness, nobility, nobleness

grandness, highness, loftiness

distinction, dominance, precedence, preeminence, primacy, superiority

caste, station, status

preferment
Near Antonyms of fashion

debasement, degradation

subordinateness, subordination

baseness, commonness, inferiority, lowliness, lowness
6 the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance
  • Over the millennia, nature had worked the face of the rocky cliff into the fashion of a man's head.
Synonyms of fashion

cast, configuration, conformation, figure, form, geometry, shape
Words Related to fashion

contour, outline, profile, silhouette

frame, framework, shell, skeleton

arrangement, design, format, layout, makeup, organization, pattern, plan, setup
Near Antonyms of fashion

composition, material, matter, raw material, stuff, substance

Synonym Discussion of fashion

fashion, style, mode, vogue, fad, rage, craze mean the usage accepted by those who want to be up-to-date. fashion is the most general term and applies to any way of dressing, behaving, writing, or performing that is favored at any one time or place.
    • the current fashion
style often implies a distinctive fashion adopted by people of taste.
    • a media baron used to traveling in style
mode suggests the fashion of the moment among those anxious to appear elegant and sophisticated.
    • slim bodies are the mode at this resort
vogue stresses the wide acceptance of a fashion.
    • short skirts are back in vogue
fad suggests caprice in taking up or in dropping a fashion.
    • last year's fad is over
rage and craze stress intense enthusiasm in adopting a fad.
    • Cajun food was the rage nearly everywhere for a time
    • crossword puzzles once seemed just a passing craze but have lasted

synonyms see in addition method

fashion

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of fashion

1 to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation
  • The ex-governor seems to be fashioning his political beliefs to win favor with a more conservative national electorate.
Synonyms of fashion

acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adapt, adjust, condition, conform, doctor, edit, fit, put, shape, suit, tailor
Words Related to fashion

readapt, readjust

customize, gear, match, model, pattern

attune, correct, harmonize, square, tune

establish, root, settle

acquaint, familiarize, orient, orientate

equip, prepare, prime, rehearse

harden, inure, season, toughen

alter, convert, make over, modify, recast, reclaim, recycle, redesign, redevelop, redo, reengineer, refashion, refigure, refit, refocus, reinvent, rejigger, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, transform

accustom, condition, habilitate, habituate, naturalize

ready, season

bend

fiddle (with), fine-tune, phase, register, regulate, rig
Near Antonyms of fashion

misadjust
2 to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials
  • For the Christmas pageant the boy's mother was able to fashion the length of fabric into something that could pass as a shepherd's outfit.
Synonyms of fashion

fabricate, form, frame, make, manufacture, produce
Words Related to fashion

assemble, build, construct, erect, make up, put up, raise, rear, set up, structure, throw up

craft, handcraft

hew

forge, mold, shape

cobble (together or up), knock out, patch (together), throw up

prefabricate

create, invent, mint, originate

establish, father, institute, organize

concoct, contrive, cook (up), design, devise, imagine, think (up)

conceive, envisage, picture, visualize

refashion, remake, remanufacture
Phrases Synonymous with fashion

put together
Near Antonyms of fashion

disassemble, dismantle, take apart

break up, dismember

flatten, pulverize, raze, ruin, shatter, smash, wreck

blow up, explode

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