MANNERISMS Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

mannerisms

noun

plural of mannerism

as in tricks

an odd or peculiar habit quirky mannerisms such as toying with her hair and tapping her toes

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Recent Examples of mannerisms Her mannerisms, comedy, music, references and cultural touchstones were influenced by the Black woman playing her. — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 In a sprightly performance rife with oddball mannerisms, Gnecco gives Borges equal parts impish wisdom, earthy vulgarity and childlike wonder, rarely letting a moment’s silence go unfilled with eager chatter. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026 Says strange things and has funny little mannerisms, but within lies a devastatingly sharp mind which can produce something special that people will be talking about for years. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 This portrait of wannabe bohemians and intellectuals who adopt the fashions, mannerisms, and artistic practices of an earlier time has its own essential timelessness. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026 In a new video, the 13-year-old royal drew an uncanny likeness to his grandmother—down to her mannerisms. — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026 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, 25 July 2026 While Minetree delivers a charming performance, capturing Elle's bubbly optimism and mannerisms, the show largely fails to add meaningful depth and truly enrich one of pop culture's most enduring heroines. — Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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Noun

Champions League hat-tricks, 25-yarders and nutmegs — some debuts are the stuff of dreams.

— Amitai Winehouse, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Boston Dynamics was once best known for its viral videos of robots doing cool tricks, but that space has been taken over by Chinese humanoids and their flashy dance moves.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of tricks

Noun

His ability to square the ball up and not chase out of the strike zone are probably his best traits.

— Jim Bowden, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
The offense showed a lot of good traits in a small sample size, but still has strides to make as the Tigers open up the playbook.

— PJ Green September 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of traits

Noun

Historically, the Grand Sport has borrowed its design characteristics from the range-topping Z06, and that’s no different this time around.

— Jerry Perez, The Drive, 3 Sep. 2026
This potentially allows the same aircraft platform to undertake different types of strike missions while carrying weapons configured for different target characteristics.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of characteristics

Noun

The study analyzed the sleep habits of more than 11,000 people over seven days, during which participants wore wrist sensors that measured their light exposure.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Successful nonprofits treat these windows as opportunities to build infrastructure and embed habits of action that outlast the celebration.

— Stewart McLaurin, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of habits

Noun

There’s no better way to quickly learn a person’s idiosyncrasies than living with them.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
If LRMs can supercharge mathematics research the way AlphaFold did for computational biology, this line of thinking goes, why not embrace them, idiosyncrasies and all, and just verify the results?

— John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 31 July 2026

Definition of idiosyncrasies

Noun

Everyone knows the outdated and offensive characterization of a cat lady — a stereotype conjuring images of solitude, eccentricities and probably cartons of ice cream.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
But what’s especially interesting is the intensity with which Chad Powers approaches Gerry’s fury and eccentricities.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of eccentricities

Noun

People experiencing psychosis, dissociation, tics, and other problems after meditating were asking for help.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
Cage plays Roy, a gifted con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder whose tics, phobias and elaborate rituals have turned his immaculate home into a fortress against the world.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

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