Definition of NEWFANGLED

newfangled

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new
    • "newfangled ideas"

Adj

  • New and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.
  • Fond of novelty.

Origin / Etymology

From new + fangled, from obsolete fangle (“to fashion”).

Synonyms

new

Antonyms

old-fashioned, oldfangled

Scrabble Score: 18

newfangled is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
newfangled is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
newfangled is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

newfangled is a valid Words With Friends word