ENTHUSIASMS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

enthusiasms

noun

plural of enthusiasm

as in crazes

a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time this year's enthusiasm is often next year's laughingstock

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Recent Examples of enthusiasms Tyson offered up his thoughts and enthusiasms on this remarkable investigatory tool. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026 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 Urie plays Monty Blakemont III, a dashing art connoisseur and philanthropist, whose enthusiasms are genuine though his financial resources are suspect. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026 Shriver’s many strange enthusiasms have provided her with a wellspring of ideas, which in the past have produced highly topical novels—about school massacres, obesity, religion, and, yes, the national debt. — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026 Their online parlance is punctuated by empty enthusiasms, vicious aspersions, and obvious hypocrisies that rarely matter. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025

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Noun

Yet bubbles do not burst entirely of their own accord; investment crazes don’t wane because fundamentals suddenly change.

— RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
Unlike many wellness crazes, fiber is actually a legitimate one that nutrition experts support.

— Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2026

Definition of crazes

Noun

Astronomers like to look at large populations of objects because bigger sample sizes should better reveal trends in their properties.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026
The technological infrastructure appears at the same time as changes in macroeconomic and consumer trends in the luxury apparel industry, and demand for made-to-order clothing remains due to an increasing emphasis on longevity and value.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of trends

Noun

Foster, a defense contractor who’s just lost his job, rages at the burdens of everyday life in America, and thinks the world is working against certain people.

— Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026
Until there is, the debate over the sustainability of the memory cycle and the appropriate earnings multiple rages on.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of rages

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

To outlast the best and bring Street Fighter to the big screen, stunt coordinator John Valera paid close attention to the combat styles in the video game.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026
The styles of the regency era pulled heavily from the classics, referencing the soft, romantic texture of Greek goddesses.

— Elle Turner, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2026

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