fashionable

/'fæʃnəbl/

Thân thiện

She wears a fashionable dress to the garden party.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Currently popular or stylish: Conforming to or following the current styles, trends, or tastes, especially in clothing, behavior, or ideas.
   • Characterized by or reflecting elegance or sophistication: Associated with high social status, refinement, or being patronized by stylish people.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • She always wears fashionable clothing from the latest designers.
  • That neighborhood is known for its fashionable boutiques and cafes.
  • It became fashionable to criticize the government's policy.

Advanced Usage

• "to be fashionable": to be in vogue or considered stylish at a particular time.
  • Minimalist decor is very fashionable right now.
• "to make something fashionable": to cause something to become trendy.
  • The celebrity's endorsement made the brand fashionable again.

Variants and Related Words

• Fashionably (adverb): In a fashionable manner.
  • She arrived fashionably late to the party.
• Fashion (noun): A popular trend, especially in styles of dress and ornament or manners of behavior.
  • She works in the fashion industry.
• Unfashionable (adjective): Not fashionable or popular at a given time.
  • That style of jeans is now considered unfashionable.

Synonyms

• Stylish: Having a sophisticated, elegant, or fashionable sense of style.
• Trendy: Very fashionable or up-to-date, sometimes with a connotation of being temporary.
• Chic: Elegantly and stylishly fashionable.
• In vogue: Fashionable at the current time.

Antonyms

• Unfashionable: Not fashionable.
• Outdated: No longer fashionable or current.
• Old-fashioned: Characteristic of past styles, not modern.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• All the rage: Very popular or fashionable for a short time.
  • Platform shoes were all the rage in the 1970s.
• In fashion: Currently fashionable.
  • Bright colors are in fashion this season.
• Out of fashion: No longer fashionable.
  • That hairstyle has been out of fashion for years.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. patronized by
2. 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. being or in accordance with current social fashions
   • fashionable clothing
   • the fashionable side of town
   • a fashionable cafe

Từ đồng nghĩa

• stylish