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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stylish, up-to-date |
| Synonyms: | a go-go, all the rage, chic, chichi*, contemporary, current, customary, dashing, faddy, favored, fly*, genteel, hot*, in style, in vogue, in-thing, last word, latest, latest thing, mod, modern, modish, natty, new, newfangled, now, popular, prevailing, rakish, smart, swank, trendsetting, trendy, up-to-the-minute, upscale, usual, well-liked, with it, á la mode |
| Antonyms: | old-fashioned, out, unfashionable, unpopular |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | general |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, accepted |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, broad, commonplace, conventional, customary, everyday, extensive, familiar, generic, habitual, humdrum, inclusive, matter-of-course, natural, normal, ordinary, popular, prevailing, prevalent, public, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill, typical, uneventful, universal, usual, wide, widespread, wonted |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, individual, novel, rare, unaccepted, uncommon, unique, unusual |
| Main Entry: | main |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | principal, predominant |
| Synonyms: | capital, cardinal, central, chief, controlling, critical, crucial, essential, foremost, fundamental, head, leading, major, necessary, outstanding, paramount, particular, preeminent, premier, prevailing, primary, prime, special, star, stellar, supreme, vital |
| Notes: | main means most important element, while a mane is long coarse hair growing along the top and sides of an animal's neck or the growth of hair covering the head of a human being |
| Antonyms: | auxiliary, extra, insignificant, minor, secondary, subordinate, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | modern |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | new, up-to-date |
| Synonyms: | avant-garde, coincident, concomitant, concurrent, contempo, contemporary, current, cutting-edge, fresh, last word, late, latest, latter-day, leading-edge, modernistic, modernized, modish, neoteric, new-fashioned, newfangled, novel, now, present, present-day, prevailing, prevalent, recent, state-of-the-art*, stylish, today, twenty- first century, up-to-the-minute, with-it |
| Antonyms: | ancient, antiquated, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, outdated, passe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | natural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | normal, everyday |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, anticipated, characteristic, common, commonplace, congenital, connatural, consistent, constant, counted on, customary, essential, familiar, general, habitual, inborn, indigenous, ingenerate, inherent, innate, instinctive, intuitive, involuntary, legitimate, logical, looked for, matter-of-course, natal, native, ordinary, prevailing, prevalent, probable, reasonable, regular, relied on, spontaneous, typic, typical, unacquired, uncontrolled, uniform, universal, usual |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, different, uncommon, unnatural |
| Main Entry: | ordinary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, regular |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, customary, established, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, humdrum*, natural, normal, popular, prevailing, public, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill, settled, standard, stock, traditional, typical, usual, wonted |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, extraordinary, irregular, uncommon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overriding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | central, most important |
| Synonyms: | cardinal, compelling, determining, dominant, final, main, major, number one, overruling, paramount, pivotal, predominant, prevailing, primary, prime, principal, ruling, supreme, ultimate |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, least, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | popular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-known, favorite |
| Synonyms: | accepted, approved, attractive, beloved, caught on, celebrated, crowd-pleasing, faddish, famous, fashionable, favored, in, in demand, in favor, in the mainstream, in vogue, leading, likable, liked, lovable, noted, notorious, now*, okay*, pleasing, praised, preferred, prevailing, prominent, promoted, right stuff, run-after, selling, social, societal, sought, sought-after, stylish, suitable, the rage, thing*, trendy, well-liked, well-received |
| Antonyms: | disliked, unknown, unpopular |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | popular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, standard |
| Synonyms: | accepted, accessible, adopted, approved, conventional, current, demanded, embraced, familiar, general, in demand, in use, ordinary, prevailing, prevalent, proletarian, public, rampant, regnant, rife, ruling, stock, ubiquitous, universal, widespread |
| Antonyms: | different, uncommon, unusual |
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