Word forms: comparative trendier, superlative trendiest, plural trendies
1. adjective
If you say that something or someone is trendy, you mean that they are very fashionable and modern.
[informal]
...a trendy London night club.
...middle-class kids in trendy clothes.
...women who want to look trendy.
A trendy is someone who is trendy.
...a lively and informal city-based television network dedicated to the urban trendy.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe someone who follows new ideas as trendy, you disapprove of them because they are more interested in being fashionable than in thinking seriously about these ideas.
[informal, disapproval]
Trendy teachers are denying children the opportunity to study classic texts.
A trendy is someone who is trendy.
...another example of what happens when you get a few trendies in power.
More Synonyms of trendy
trendy in British English
(ˈtrɛndɪ) British informal, often derogatory
adjectiveWord forms: trendier or trendiest
1.
consciously fashionable
nounWord forms: pluraltrendies
2.
a trendy person
Derived forms
trendily (ˈtrendily)
adverb
trendiness (ˈtrendiness) or rare trendyism (ˈtrendyˌism)
noun
trendy in American English
(ˈtrɛndi)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈtrendier or ˈtrendiest
1. Informal
of or in the latest style, or trend; very fashionable; faddish
nounWord forms: pluralˈtrendies
2. Informal
a trendy person
Derived forms
trendily (ˈtrendily)
adverb
trendiness (ˈtrendiness)
noun
Examples of 'trendy' in a sentence
trendy
Why be young and trendy when he could just be old and grand?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
These trendy looks will give your office outfits a stylish refresh.
The Sun (2016)
It isn't just trendy clothes you have to give up.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
She claimed that High Street stores are helping to promote an unhealthy image if they sell trendy clothes in bigger sizes.
The Sun (2016)
Many of the old shoe factories were converted into trendy urban flats.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The furious stars were seen rowing at a trendy restaurant earlier this month.
The Sun (2014)
Some would look for skips on the road and try to identify new trendy bars.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Wearing trendy clothes makes me feel good and it is part of my job in the fashion industry.
The Sun (2012)
They all have trendy hairstyles and look a lot more mature than the youngsters featured in the first books.
The Sun (2007)
Both chains said yesterday that the young and trendy were the sole bright spots of a troubling financial year.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
No one trendy gets baked anymore.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And very trendy he looks too.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It was so important to me to be cool, to be fashionable and trendy.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She's gone from being a trendy urban star to a major household name.
The Sun (2011)
The pretty pair dined at a trendy Manchester restaurant.
The Sun (2011)
How did you get the trendy Nashville set involved?
The Sun (2007)
So pop on a film, grab a cuppa and chill out while still looking trendy.
The Sun (2015)
The club is just part of the recent gentrification of the neighbourhood, which now has trendy restaurants and bars.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The online retailer is aimed at the young and trendy and was one of the flotations that led to concerns of another dotcom bubble forming.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We're in a trendy Hoxton bar.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
If a garment looks horrible on my figure despite being trendy and fashionable, why should I hold onto it?
Christianity Today (2000)
In other languages
trendy
British English: trendy /ˈtrɛndɪ/ ADJECTIVE
If you say that something or someone is trendy, you mean that they are very fashionable and modern.
...a trendy restaurant in the city.
American English: trendy
Arabic: مُطَابِقٌ لِلمُوضَة
Brazilian Portuguese: da última moda
Chinese: 时髦的
Croatian: trendi
Czech: módní
Danish: trendy
Dutch: trendy
European Spanish: moderno moda
Finnish: trendikäs
French: branché
German: modern
Greek: μοδάτος
Italian: di tendenza
Japanese: 今はやりの
Korean: 유행을 좇는
Norwegian: trendy
Polish: modny
European Portuguese: da última moda
Romanian: foarte elegant
Russian: ультрамодный
Latin American Spanish: moderno
Swedish: trendig
Thai: ซึ่งเป็นที่นิยม
Turkish: modaya uygun
Ukrainian: ультрамодний
Vietnamese: hợp thời trang
Chinese translation of 'trendy'
trendy
(ˈtrɛndɪ) (inf)
adj
[idea, person, clothes, place]时(時)髦的 (shímáo de)
(adjective)
Definition
consciously fashionable
a trendy London nightclub
Synonyms
fashionable
It became fashionable to eat certain foods.
in (slang)
Some years ago, jogging was in.
now (informal)
latest
with it (old-fashioned, informal)
Don't you hate it when politicians try to be with it and trendy?
flash (informal)
flash jewellery and watches
stylish
a very attractive and stylish woman of 27
in fashion
That sort of dress is in fashion again.
in vogue
Pale colours are in vogue this season.
on trend
up to the minute
a big range of up-to-the-minute appliances
modish
a short checklist of much that is modish at the moment
voguish
culty
schmick (Australian, informal)
the city's schmick new restaurant
funky
(noun)
Definition
a trendy person
an example of what happens when you get a few trendies in power
Synonyms
poser (informal)
pseud (informal)
They should be exposed for the snobs and pseuds they truly are.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of flash
Definition
ostentatious or vulgar
flash jewellery and watches
Synonyms
ostentatious,
smart,
glamorous,
trendy,
showy,
cheap,
bling (slang)
in the sense of in
Definition
fashionable
Some years ago, jogging was in.
Synonyms
fashionable,
current,
popular,
cool (slang),
hip (slang),
happening (informal),
stylish,
trendy (British, informal),
chic,
up-to-date,
in vogue,
all the rage,
up-to-the-minute,
modish,
à la mode,
schmick (Australian, informal)
in the sense of in fashion
That sort of dress is in fashion again.
Synonyms
popular,
trendy (British, informal),
all the rage,
hip (slang),
in (informal),
latest,
the new,
happening (informal),
current,
modern,
cool (slang),
with it (informal),
usual,
smart,
prevailing,
fashionable,
stylish,
chic,
up-to-date,
customary,
genteel,
in vogue,
up-to-the-minute,
modish,
du jour,
à la mode,
voguish (informal),
trendsetting,
all the go (informal),
culty,
funky,
schmick (Australian, informal)
Nearby words of
trendy
trenchant
trend
trendsetter
trendy
trepidation
trespass
trespasser
Synonyms of 'trendy'
trendy
Explore 'trendy' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of in vogue
Definition
fashionable
Pale colours are in vogue this season.
Synonyms
popular,
big,
fashionable,
all the rage,
happening,
accepted,
current,
cool (informal),
in favour,
stylish,
on trend,
up to date,
in use,
prevalent,
up to the minute,
modish,
the new,
du jour,
trendsetting,
culty,
schmick (Australian, informal)
in the sense of modish
Definition
in the current fashion or style
a short checklist of much that is modish at the moment
Synonyms
fashionable,
current,
smart,
stylish,
trendy (British, informal),
on trend,
in,
now (informal),
with it (old-fashioned, informal),
contemporary,
hip (slang),
vogue,
chic,
all the rage,
up-to-the-minute,
du jour,
à la mode,
voguish,
culty,
schmick (Australian, informal),
funky
in the sense of pseud
Definition
a pretentious person
They should be exposed for the snobs and pseuds they truly are.
Synonyms
poser (informal),
fraud,
phoney or phony (informal),
trendy (British, informal),
humbug
in the sense of schmick
the city's schmick new restaurant
Synonyms
stylish,
smart,
chic,
polished,
fashionable,
trendy (British, informal),
classy (slang),
in fashion,
snappy,
in vogue,
dapper,
natty (informal),
snazzy (informal),
modish,
well turned-out,
dressy (informal),
à la mode,
voguish,
funky
in the sense of stylish
Definition
smart, fashionable, and attracting attention
a very attractive and stylish woman of 27
Synonyms
smart,
chic,
polished,
fashionable,
trendy (British, informal),
classy (slang),
in fashion,
on trend,
snappy,
in vogue,
dapper,
natty (informal),
snazzy (informal),
modish,
well turned-out,
dressy (informal),
à la mode,
voguish,
schmick (Australian, informal),
bling (slang),
funky
in the sense of up to the minute
Definition
the very latest or newest
a big range of up-to-the-minute appliances
Synonyms
latest,
in,
newest,
now (informal),
with it (old-fashioned, informal),
smart,
stylish,
trendiest,
trendy (British, informal),
on trend,
vogue,
up to date,
plugged-in (slang),
modish,
(most) fashionable,
schmick (Australian, informal)
in the sense of with it
Don't you hate it when politicians try to be with it and trendy?