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trend

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of trend

1 a prevailing or general movement or inclination

  • according to the survey, thereʼs a growing trend for companies to run their own day-care centers for the benefit of employees
Synonyms of trend

current, direction, drift, leaning, run, tendency, tide, wind
Words Related to trend

curve, downside, shift, swing, turn, turnabout, upside

custom, habit, propensity, tenor, way

countercurrent, countertrend

undercurrent, undertow

2 a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time

  • still had a coat from the last trend for fake fur, when the material lined everything from boots to coats to bracelets
Synonyms of trend

buzz, chic, craze, dernier cri, enthusiasm, fad, fashion, flavor, go, hot ticket, last word, latest, mode, rage, sensation, style, ton, vogue
Words Related to trend

nine days' wonder (also nine day wonder)

new wave

crush, infatuation

fervor, passion

furor, fuss, hullabaloo, to-do, uproar

bandwagon, crusade, cult, movement

novelty, wrinkle

caprice, fancy, whim
Near Antonyms of trend

classic, standard

Synonym Discussion of trend

tendency, trend, drift, tenor, current mean movement in a particular direction. tendency implies an inclination sometimes amounting to an impelling force.
    • a general tendency toward inflation
trend applies to the general direction maintained by a winding or irregular course.
    • the long-term trend of the stock market is upward
drift may apply to a tendency determined by external forces
    • the drift of the population away from large cities
or it may apply to an underlying or obscure trend of meaning or discourse.
    • got the drift of her argument
tenor stresses a clearly perceptible direction and a continuous, undeviating course.
    • the tenor of the times
current implies a clearly defined but not necessarily unalterable course.
    • an encounter that changed the current of my life

trend

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of trend

1 to show a liking or proneness (for something)

  • during the winter our school system trends toward canceling school at the drop of a hat—or at least a snowflake
Synonyms of trend

incline, lean, run, tend
Words Related to trend

go, gravitate

indicate, point, suggest
Near Antonyms of trend

avoid, shun, shy (from or away from)

2 to turn away from a straight line or course

  • the river trends east, then west again, forming an oxbow
Synonyms of trend

arc, arch, bend, bow, crook, curve, fall off, hook, round, sweep, swerve, wheel
Words Related to trend

circle, coil, curlicue, curl, loop, spiral

turn, twist, wind

deviate, veer
Antonyms of trend

straighten

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