newfangled
Annoyingly up-to-date
Newfangled describes something new in a way that suggests skepticism or mild disapproval—novelty for its own sake, untested by time: I don't trust these newfangled gadgets.
The word carries a whiff of the old-timer suspicious of change.
It's almost always used by someone who prefers the old way of doing things.
Idiosyncratically unusual
- eccentricUnconventional in character
- offbeatPleasantly strange or unusual
- unorthodoxContrary to accepted practice
- idiosyncraticDistinctively individual in nature
outlandish · peculiar · alternative · nonconformist · strange · unusual · unfamiliar · untested
Of the present age
- up-to-dateReflecting present knowledge
- currentDirected flow of charge
- latestMost recently arrived
- freshNewly made, not stale
updated · sleek · sophisticated · 21st-century · high-tech · digital · streamlined · next-gen
Without coherent meaning
- hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
- balderdashSenseless talk or writing
- claptrapInsincere, pretentious language
malarkey · thingamajig · doohickey · doodad · whatchamacallit · contraption · gadget · gimcrack
At innovation's forefront
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- inventiveShowing original thought
- ingeniousCleverly original in design
revolutionary · avant-garde · state-of-the-art · groundbreaking · visionary · creative · original · progressive
Showy, often tastelessly so
- gaudyTastelessly ornate
- showyExcessively eye-catching
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- noveltyQuality of being original
faddish · garish · glitzy · overdone · superficial · gizmo · overengineered · unnecessary
quirky
Idiosyncratically unusual
- eccentricUnconventional in character
- offbeatPleasantly strange or unusual
- unorthodoxContrary to accepted practice
idiosyncratic · outlandish · peculiar · alternative · nonconformist · strange · unusual · unfamiliar · untested · untried
contemporary
Of the present age
- up-to-dateReflecting present knowledge
- currentDirected flow of charge
- latestMost recently arrived
fresh · updated · sleek · sophisticated · 21st-century · high-tech · digital · streamlined · next-gen · modernized
nonsensical
Without coherent meaning
- hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
- balderdashSenseless talk or writing
claptrap · malarkey · thingamajig · doohickey · doodad · whatchamacallit · contraption · gadget · gimcrack · folderol
cutting-edge
At innovation's forefront
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- inventiveShowing original thought
ingenious · revolutionary · avant-garde · state-of-the-art · groundbreaking · visionary · creative · original · progressive · advanced
flashy
Showy, often tastelessly so
- gaudyTastelessly ornate
- showyExcessively eye-catching
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
novelty · faddish · garish · glitzy · overdone · superficial · gizmo · overengineered · unnecessary · complicated
fashionable
Currently in style
cool · snazzy · popular · with-it · edgy · modish · voguish · happening
newfangledold-fashioned
Belonging to earlier times
antiquated · old-time · archaic · outmoded · old
newfangledtime-tested
Proven by extended use
tried-and-true · established · proven · classic · timeless