chics

noun

plural of chic
as in trends
a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time mockumentaries are the latest filmmaking chic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chics
  1. trends
  2. vogues
  3. crazes
  4. rages
  5. enthusiasms
  6. styles
  7. fashions
Noun
  • To really lean into the current trends, pair it with floral jeans that match the romantic vibe of the shirt.
    — Renata Joffre, Glamour, 26 July 2026
  • These trends are now starting to seep their way into high school sports.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026
Definition of trends
Noun
  • There’s a brief moment in Timothée Chalamet’s video with comedian Druski where a performer comes in, vogues, and blows a kiss to the actor.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Fans will see Infinite sporting braids — dressed in all black with daring red leather gloves as he vogues and dances unapologetically in his glory.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Definition of vogues
Noun
  • Unlike many wellness crazes, fiber is actually a legitimate one that nutrition experts support.
    — Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The Teddy craze was followed by a moral panic, as crazes involving kids inevitably are.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Definition of crazes
Noun
  • Fear provoked his legendary rages—breaking chairs, throwing things, cutting people out of his life.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
  • With the war now in its fifth year, fighting rages along more than 745 miles of the ​frontline, and Russia ​launches hundreds of ⁠drones in nearly nightly attacks on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 27 June 2026
Definition of rages
Noun
  • Two of Zohran Mamdani’s enthusiasms — better bus service and soccer — have, in the World Cup, found their moment of zingy cross-pollination.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 4 June 2026
  • The movie thus offers a complaint about the end results of Putinism, not about the ideas—the emotions, the enthusiasms, the resentments, the hatreds—that brought it about.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Definition of enthusiasms
Noun
  • The city and nearby Miami Beach are both known for its airy and colorful Mediterranean Revival styles, Caribbean influence and tropical take on Art Deco, but skyscrapers do not have a long history within the city.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • For as dutifully naturalistic as the setups are, the film occasionally takes on the feel of a stage play, where its latticework of accents, syntaxes, and acting styles are allowed to accentuate something other than strict verisimilitude.
    — Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026
Definition of styles
Noun
  • Blue and white, gold, mixed with stripes rendered in the brightest hues, polka dots have perked up seasonal summer fashions, especially swimwear, for decades.
    — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 24 July 2026
  • Other examples included banning senators from wearing military items, as well as the restriction of fashions typically associated with outside cultures.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
Definition of fashions
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