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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FASH'IONABLE, a.
1. Made according to the prevailing form or mode; as a fashionable dress.
2. Established 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. Hence,
4. Genteel; well bred; as fashionable company or society.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe" [syn: fashionable, stylish] [ant: unfashionable, unstylish]
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" [syn: stylish, fashionable] [ant: styleless, unstylish]
3: patronized by

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: circa 1580 1. conforming to the custom, fashion, or established mode 2. of or relating to the world of fashion • fashionability noun • fashionableness noun • fashionably adverb II. noun Date: circa 1800 a fashionable person

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 following, suited to, or influenced by the current fashion. 2 characteristic of or favoured by those who are leaders of social fashion. Derivatives: fashionableness n. fashionably adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fashionable 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fashionable Fash"ion*a*ble, n. A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something or someone that is fashionable is popular or approved of at a particular time. It became fashionable to eat certain kinds of fish... Chelsea Harbour is renowned for its fashionable restaurants. ADJ • fashionably ...women who are perfectly made up and fashionably dressed. ADV: usu ADV adj/-ed

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. According to (prevailing) fashion, in fashion, à la mode, the rage, having a run. 2. Following fashion, addicted to fashion, who set fashion, of fashion, who affect elegance. 3. Customary, usual, prevailing, current, in vogue.

Moby Thesaurus

Beau Brummel, a la mode, advanced, all the rage, all the thing, arbiter of fashion, avant-garde, chic, clotheshorse, clubman, clubwoman, contemporary, current, dandy, dashing, deb, debutante, exclusive, far out, fashion plate, fop, forward-looking, hip, in, in fashion, in style, in vogue, man-about-town, mod, modern, modernistic, modernized, modish, mondain, mondaine, new, newfashioned, now, popular, present-day, present-time, prevalent, progressive, smart, socialite, streamlined, stylish, subdeb, subdebutante, swank, swinger, swish, taste-maker, tone-setter, trend-setter, trendy, twentieth-century, ultra-ultra, ultramodern, up-to-date, up-to-datish, up-to-the-minute, way out, with it, with-it