nouvelle

adjective

Definition of nouvellenext
as in modern

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Recent Examples of nouvelle Cuisine here is often tapas style, but portions are hardly nouvelle. — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Mar. 2021 For one, the cooking trends of nouvelle and molecular gastronomy are, well, no longer trendy. — Josie Sexton, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2019 Lameloise’s food was traditional Burgundian haute cuisine updated with nouvelle touches. — Adam Shatz, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019 Nous sommes avec le peuple américain, une nouvelle fois endeuillé. — Alex Ward, Vox, 27 Oct. 2018 This trendy bar still believes in the nouvelle style of molecular pizzazz. — Seth Shezi, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Sep. 2018 Ella Brennan, who was credited with creating nouvelle Creole cuisine at her Commander’s Palace restaurant and was the matriarch of a New Orleans family that owns more than a dozen restaurants, died May 31 at her home in New Orleans. — Washington Post, 2 June 2018 La France paye une nouvelle fois le prix du sang mais ne cède pas un pouce aux ennemis de la liberté (2/2). — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 13 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nouvelle
  1. modern
  2. fashionable
  3. modish
  4. contemporary
  5. newfangled
  6. modernistic
  7. stylish
  8. new
Adjective
  • The cut is a modern textured crop featuring a forward flow and frosted tips.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Few eclipses in modern times have combined such exceptional duration, reliable weather and globally significant cultural landmarks along the path of totality.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of modern
Adjective
  • Ironically, in Hollywood, the land of eternal youth, end-of-life-doula training has become newly fashionable in the way that studying Kabbalah once was.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Showing off a bump was hardly fashionable until the early ’90s.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of fashionable
Adjective
  • In 1880, a year before painting Alice and Elisabeth, Renoir, then a modish, ambitious Impressionist, not yet forty, had painted Irène Cahen d’Anvers in the garden of a town palace on Avenue Montaigne, steps from the Champs-Élysées.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
  • This two-week series will highlight wellness events ranging from the trendiest yoga and pilates classes to modish beauty treatments and even a chocolate-making class.
    — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026
Definition of modish
Adjective
  • Downstairs, at Whitney Café, expect contemporary American with a global influence; at the eighth-floor Studio Bar, soups, salads, and light bites rival skyline views through floor-to-ceiling windows.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
  • What began as a more faithful attempt at recreating Shakespearean verse gradually evolved as the team tried to figure out how to make something that spoke to then-contemporary anxieties.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of contemporary
Adjective
  • In a second portrait, the supermodel wears a rusty orange dress accessorized with earrings and a necklace from the jeweler’s newfangled Margherita Bloom range.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 25 June 2026
  • The aliens shown in Disclosure Day are not newfangled creations designed to look as strange and cool as possible.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 12 June 2026
Definition of newfangled
Adjective
  • The design is more modernistic than futuristic, different but still relatable.
    — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Front and center is a large blue modernistic disc known as a Keystone Sparton Nocturne radio from 1935.
    — Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of modernistic
Adjective
  • While comfort was top of mind for Culpo, her breezy summer ensemble clearly delivered a stylish blend of loungewear and sleepwear worthy of replicating.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The set is made up of a basic tee and roomy shorts that feature contrast threading to give them some stylish edge.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of stylish
Adjective
  • Balancing privacy and publicity isn’t new, says Alice Marshall, who runs her own public relations agency handling luxury travel clients.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • After years of slow progress, a new development in in a Colorado town is finally close to getting the green light.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of new

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“Nouvelle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nouvelle. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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