"fashionable" Definition

Definitions for the word "fashionable" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. adj.
1 following or suited to current fashion. 2 of or favoured by high society. fashionableness n. Fashionably adv.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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