craze

fashion, style, mode, vogue, fad, rage, craze mean the usage accepted by those who want to be up-to-date. fashion is the most general term and applies to any way of dressing, behaving, writing, or performing that is favored at any one time or place.

• • the current fashion

style often implies a distinctive fashion adopted by people of taste.

• • a media baron used to traveling in style

mode suggests the fashion of the moment among those anxious to appear elegant and sophisticated.

• • slim bodies are the mode at this resort

vogue stresses the wide acceptance of a fashion.

• • short skirts are back in vogue

fad suggests caprice in taking up or in dropping a fashion.

• • last year's fad is over

rage and craze stress intense enthusiasm in adopting a fad.

• • Cajun food was the rage nearly everywhere for a time
• • crossword puzzles once seemed just a passing craze but have lasted