English

Noun

Sense: a man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance; a fashionable man

Synonyms

• barbermonger(obsolete)
• beau(dated)
• blade(dated)
• blood(obsolete)
• buck(UK, obsolete)
• carpet knight
• cockscomb(archaic)
• dandy
• dike(US dialect, obsolete)
• dood
• dude(archaic)
• dudelet(archaic)
• exquisite(rare)
• fashionable   [⇒ thesaurus]
• fast man
• fine gentleman
• fop
• foretop(obsolete)
• fribble
• gallant
• go(UK, obsolete)
• jack-a-dandy(archaic)
• Jemmy-Jessamy(obsolete)
• jetter(obsolete)
• macaroni(archaic)
• masher
• metrosexual
• mignon(rare, obsolete)
• petit maître(archaic)
• popinjay
• pretty boy(pejorative, slang)
• prig
• puss-gentleman(obsolete)
• smart
• spark
• spiff(archaic)
• swell(dated)
• tippy(obsolete, slang)
• toff(obsolete)

Antonyms

• puritan
• untidy person   [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• dandyling(archaic, pejorative)
• dapperling
• fopling(archaic)
• peacock
• turkeycock

Coordinate terms

• dandyess   [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• effeminate man   [⇒ thesaurus]
• fashionable person   [⇒ thesaurus]
• man   [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• beautiful man   [⇒ thesaurus]
• blade
• flirt   [⇒ thesaurus]
• sensualist   [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• foppish   [⇒ thesaurus]
• idler   [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading