NEW-FASHIONED Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

new-fashioned

adjective

ˈnü-ˈfa-shənd

Definition of new-fashioned

as in modern

being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles the many new-fashioned ways of keeping in touch with your friends and family

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Recent Examples of new-fashioned Now, the old-fashioned is getting new-fashioned makeovers in bars across the South, and there are entire menus devoted to bourbon cocktails. — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 24 July 2023

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The idea that stricter work-search requirements will lead to faster re-employment simply doesn't match the reality of modern hiring.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
Even by Newcastle United’s modern standards, a lot happened over the summer.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of modern

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While the wider world has in recent decades fallen for the archipelago’s humble street food, there’s a rising number of contemporary chefs who are elevating the national cuisine on the global stage.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026
There’s no question Andrew Scott, the 49-year-old Irish actor, has earned his position as one of the finest contemporary actors going.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of contemporary

Adjective

At the fashionable Masel Tov restaurant, a poem by the Jewish wartime hero Hannah Szenes marks a fragment of wall, part of a ghetto where 70,000 Jewish people lived for several weeks between December 1944 and January 1945.

— Lucy Handley, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
Noel also praises Liam’s fashionable cool (Stone Island parka, big sunglasses, tambourine as a fascinator) and how much his frontman persona resonated with fans worldwide.

— Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2026

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