CROTCHETS Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

crotchets

noun

plural of crotchet

as in tricks

an odd or peculiar habit her one crotchet is a fondness for eating cookies while soaking in the tub

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Recent Examples of crotchets Eccentricities, crotchets, and hobbyhorses are such interesting intellectual drivers. — Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 27 June 2026

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Noun

Abernathy Greenway Park walk with Trees Atlanta Take a walk through the park with a Trees Atlanta docent, who will teach simple tricks for telling trees apart and share stories about why trees are important and how to protect them.

— Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
While there are many ways to preserve flowers, hydrangeas hold up best through drying, and according to florist Joanne Effinger, Garden Director at Bluepoint Hospitality in Easton, Maryland, there are a few tricks to get it right.

— Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 31 July 2026

Definition of tricks

Noun

Getting there defied logic and demanded resilience, traits that have defined this club during a chaotic season.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
The Leadership Blind Spot Of Identity Lag The traits that make a great leader can also set the stage for physical decline.

— Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of traits

Noun

Hoyos said the move was made because Rios Novo, who was Miami’s starter during its MLS Cup championship run, has characteristics that better suit the team’s playing style.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
The five points of the star represent the characteristics of a good citizen, which are fortitude, loyalty, righteousness, prudence, and broadmindedness.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026

Definition of characteristics

Noun

But unlike the best of Ferrell’s earlier roles, Hawkins’s eccentricities feel like surface-level strangeness, connected to nothing surprising or soulful underneath.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026
And yet, generations of Americans have come here not despite its eccentricities—and downright aversion to good taste—but because of them, which serves as a reminder that originality, even at its most excessive, never really goes out of style.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 4 July 2026

Definition of eccentricities

Noun

The message is to distinguish between deliberate consistency and outdated, sticky habits.

— Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
But at any age, get a checkup for symptoms such as blood in stool or rectal bleeding; changes in bowel habits such as diarrhea, constipation or narrowing of stool that lasts more than a few days; unintended weight loss; and cramps or abdominal pain.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of habits

Noun

What the audience witnesses is not a flashback, but rather the mannerisms of a person recounting an experience, the reaction of the person listening, and the distance between the two.

— Zachary Lee, IndieWire, 27 July 2026
Modi’s gestures, pauses and mannerisms have been turned into viral edits that turn his own words into political jokes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of mannerisms

Noun

Mocking each other’s writing tics became part of the fun, just as challenging each other to go darker and twistier was part of the adventure.

— Scott Westerfeld, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026
After surgery, that device is programmed to send mild electrical impulses that block abnormal nerve signals and dramatically reduce tics.

— Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Definition of tics

Noun

Also in that notebook is the apparent good news about Nick Pivetta playing loss toss yesterday, an explanation for some lineup quirks last night and the transaction that created room for Ray on the roster.

— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Now many of the quirks of modern life have made meeting organically in person less likely.

— Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of quirks

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