Synonyms of enthusiasms

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crazes
• trends
• rages
• vogues
• styles
• fads
• fashions
• modes
• sensations
• passions
• tons
• flavors
• buzzes
• last words
• chics
• fervors
• hot tickets
• infatuations
• dernier cris
• novelties
• crusades
• movements
• cults
• new waves
• whims
• caprices
• crushes
• fusses
• furors
• bandwagons
• fancies
• to-dos
• nine days' wonders
• uproars
• wrinkles
• hullabaloos

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• standards
• classics

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of enthusiasms

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