FOP Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

fop

noun

ˈfäp

Definition of fop

as in dude

a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance he's such a fop that he drives nearly 50 miles just to get his hair cut by Monsieur Louis

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

slob
sloven

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fop Alec Roberts’s Lorenzo was more practical than greedy; John Lam made Gamache an endearing and nuanced fop. — Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023 From the very beginning, though, riders were also mocked as fops pursuing a ludicrous pastime. — Clive Thompson, Smithsonian, 21 Nov. 2019 Cartoons of the period show caricatures of self-regarding young fops posing and preening with their monocles on full display. — Austin Grossman, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2019 The artist’s virile exemplars helped liberate gay men from society’s cheap assignations — as mentally disturbed fops mincing out roles as faux women. — R. Daniel Foster, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2019 See All Example Sentences for fop

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fop

Noun

This is a dude that’s driven every car in the world, has respect all over the world.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
And, yet, we’re supposed to take from it that Newsom isn’t just another stuffy old white dude in a suit.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of dude

Noun

Ask your beau to fasten it behind your neck; rubies, after all, are oh-so-romantic.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
Season 5 ended on a cliffhanger for Emily and Gabriel — adrift on a yacht off the shores of Greece — while Mindy finds herself in a love triangle with Nico (Park's real-life former beau Paul Forman) and Alfie (Lucien Laviscount).

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026