adj
trendy
TREHN-dee
adj
1
Fashionable; in keeping with the latest style or trend.
"The new café is popular with a trendy young crowd."
noun
1
A person who closely follows current fashions and trends.
"The neighborhood is full of trendies sipping oat-milk lattes."
How to Use Trendy
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishFashionable in a current, of-the-moment way — sometimes used slightly dismissively to suggest something is popular but not necessarily lasting.
Common mistake
Trendy can carry a mild negative tone (fashionable but shallow or short-lived), unlike the more neutral fashionable or stylish.
Common pairings
trendy restaurant
trendy clothes
trendy neighborhood
Word Forms
trendier comparative, trendies plural, trendiest superlative
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Etymology
Formed from trend plus the adjective-forming suffix -y.