TICS Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

tics

noun

plural of tic

as in tricks

an odd or peculiar habit constantly playing with her hair is one of her more annoying tics

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Recent Examples of tics But as the previous sentence demonstrates, these tics are hard to spot because they are often used by unimaginative humans, too. — Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2026 But Lewis said justifying camera movements through human mannerisms and tics also made the drone the episode’s poignant exhale. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026 Unlike Tourette’s patients — whose initial tics are often very simple, such as blinking — some of these young people made complex movements. — Nebyou Belay, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026 Some people with Tourette’s can temporarily control tics, such as during a public interview, but that does not mean tics are voluntary. — Michael Okun, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026 Somehow, Stan does, inhabiting the physicality and voice completely, turning up the volume on the Trumpian tics as the character ages. — Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026 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, 20 Aug. 2026 The first four episodes retain most of the novel’s key incidents and tics. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tics

Noun

Kashpirovskiy performing tricks and hypnotizing a kolkhoz [Soviet cooperative farm] audience.

— Will Tizard, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026
Keep potential thieves away with these easy-to-use safety tricks.

— Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of tricks

Noun

His gestures, his mannerisms, his face, his intonations were reworked into a new kind of life.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
And judging by the amount of controversy that’s already been stirred up, Sacha Baron Cohen’s iconic character of a middle-class white Brit appropriating hip-hop and Jamaican mannerisms still has the ability to rile people.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of mannerisms

Noun

Claude is destined to imitate these human traits and mirror the human examples provided to it, including acting like a colleague or friend.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
The answers are also likely to implicate a variety of traits beyond simple emotional control.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of traits

Noun

These nonverbal characteristics are important for conveying emotion, and paralyzed people unable to move their facial muscles lose their ability to communicate in this critical dimension.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
Kimberly-Clark shares rose on Thursday after the Huggies parent reported better-than-feared third-quarter results, showcasing the defensive characteristics that attracted us to the stock in the first place.

— Jeff Marks,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of characteristics

Noun

Third, adopt sustainable habits by supporting local and slow-made brands.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2026
The tricky job of understanding the desires and habits of an always-evolving consumer has taken on new complexity since the advent of artificial intelligence.

— Evan Clark, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of habits

Noun

Content creators have angled to become the food critics of the short-form video era, each with their own schtick or eccentricities.

— Mia Sato, The Verge, 28 Oct. 2026
Voorhees’ 19th century eccentricities stretched to the installation of beehives in the attic, but the space is now a cozy two-bedroom layout, with a living room and improved versions of the original porthole windows.

— Richard Lane, Des Moines Register, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of eccentricities

Noun

With exceptional performances from the entire cast and homages to musical legends like Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson, Bioh and White present a reflection of the Black female experience in all of its dazzling idiosyncrasies, triumphs and pains.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
Two new books argue that this is the wrong debate to be having, since swing voters, with all their idiosyncrasies, don’t see politics through a lens of moderates versus progressives.

— Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026