newfangled

newfangled
adjective
new·;fan·;gled ;n;-;fa;-g;ld
Synonyms of newfangled
1
: attracted to novelty
2
: of the newest style or kind
had many newfangled gadgets in the kitchen
newfangledness noun


Did you know?
Newfangled is actually a pretty old word. It dates all the way back to the 15th century, and likely developed from the even older adjective newfangle, which probably derives from a combination of the Middle English newe, meaning new, and the Old English fangol, from a verb meaning "to take." In its earliest documented uses, newfangled described a person who was fond of new things, fashions, or ideas. Current usage indicates that newfangled is used—sometimes deprecatingly—to describe anything that is new, hip, hot, or happening, while other times it is used with irony for something—such as rock music—that might have been new at one time but is hardly new anymore.

Synonyms
contemporary
current
designer
hot
mod
modern
modernistic
new
new age
new-fashioned
present-day
red-hot
space-age
state-of-the-art
ultramodern
up-to-date
up-to-the-minute
Examples of newfangled in a Sentence
His grandson owns all of the latest newfangled electronics.
the newfangled speech used by teenagers
Recent Examples on the Web
Companies are increasingly turning to newfangled ways to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere as a way to hit their sustainability goals.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 6 Aug. 2024
The school had recently installed a newfangled Commodore PET computer, a squat and angular box that glowed in the corner.
—Clive Thompson, WIRED, 29 July 2024
The newfangled band that acts like a classic rock one, Greta Van Fleet, brings its fancy shirts and busy riffs to Mohegan Sun Arena with The Beaches opening the Aug. 2 show at 7:30 p.m. $112.35-$302.65.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2024
Since no one was willing to bet on a newfangled technology on what was then the American frontier, the railroad remained a dream until it was rescued by U.S. Sen. Stephen Douglas in 1849, who got a federal land grant for a railroad, the first ever.
—Andrew Johnston, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2024