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fashionable
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fash·ion·a·ble  (fsh-n-bl)
adj.
1. Conforming to the current style; stylish.
2. Associated with or frequented by persons of fashion.
n.
A stylish person.

fashion·a·bil·i·ty, fashion·a·ble·ness n.
fashion·a·bly adv.
Synonyms: fashionable, chic, dashing, in1, modish, posh, sharp, smart, stylish, swank, trendy
These adjectives mean in accordance with the current fashion: a fashionable restaurant; a chic dress; a dashing hat; the in place to go; modish jewelry; a posh address; a sharp jacket; a smart hotel; stylish clothes; a swank apartment; a trendy neighborhood.

fashionable
Adjective
1. popular with a lot of people at a particular time
2. popular among well-off or famous people: the fashionable Côte d'Azur
fashionably adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.fashionable - being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe"
unfashionable, unstylish - not in accord with or not following current fashion; "unfashionable clothes"; "melodrama of a now unfashionable kind"
2.fashionablefashionable - having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd"
3.fashionable - patronized by
popular - regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public; "a popular tourist attraction"; "a popular girl"; "cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular"

fashionable
adjective popular, in fashion, trendy Brit. (informal) cool (slang) in (informal) latest, happening (informal) current, modern, with it (informal) usual, smart, hip (slang) prevailing, stylish, chic, up-to-date, customary, genteel, in vogue, all the rage, up-to-the-minute, modish, à la mode, voguish (informal) trendsetting, all the go (informal) schmick Austral. (informal) << OPPOSITE unfashionable
Translations
fashionable [ˈfæʃnəbl] adjde moda; [writer] → de moda, popular;
it is fashionable to do ... → está de moda hacer ...
fashionable [ˈfæʃnəbl] fashion adjà la mode
fashionable [ˈfæʃnəbl] fashion adjmodisch, modern;
(subject) → Mode-;
(club, writer) → in Mode
fashionable [ˈfæʃənəbl] adjalla moda, di moda; [writer] → di grido


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