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Definitions for: Fashionable [adj] being or in accordance with current fashion; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe"
[adj] 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"
[adj] patronized by
Webster (1913) Definition: Fash"ion*a*ble, a.
1. Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according
with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable
dress.
2. Established or favored by custom or use; current;
prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable
philosophy; fashionable opinions.
3. Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or
behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a
fashionable man.
4. Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society.
Time is like a fashionable host That slightly shakes
his parting guest by the hand. --Shak.
Fash"ion*a*ble, n.
A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the
plural.
Synonyms: a la mode(p), chic, chichi, classy, cool, dapper, dashing, faddish, faddy, groovy, in, in style(p), in vogue(p), jaunty, last, latest, mod, modern, modernistic, modish, natty, newest, olde worlde, old-time, popular, popular with(p), posh, quaint, raffish, rakish, smart, snappy, snazzy, spiffy, spruce, stylish, swagger, swank, swanky, swish, trendsetting, trendy, up-to-date, voguish
Antonyms: out of fashion, styleless, unfashionable, unstylish
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