TRENDED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

trended

verb

past tense of trend

as in tended

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

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Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in curved

to turn away from a straight line or course the river trends east, then west again, forming an oxbow

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straightened

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of trended Among key voting groups, white voters with college degrees, who have trended in Democrats' direction in recent years, are among the most enthusiastic to vote, at 64%. —

Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 9 May 2026 Even Minnesota has trended more offensively than in seasons past, and that has shown early in its series against Colorado. —

Jesse Granger, New York Times, 6 May 2026 The system has trended both colder and wetter as two storms are now more likely to phase together. —

Joe Ruch, CBS News, 4 May 2026 Standardized test scores have trended upward since the nadir of the COVID-19 pandemic, recovering faster than the state average, but the pace remains too incremental for critics. —

Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 New car registrations in California for Tesla vehicles have trended downward for at least 4 years, hitting a low point during the first quarter of 2026. —

Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Prime-age male labor force participation—men between 25 and 54—has trended downward for decades, with the share of men sitting entirely outside the labor force holding at roughly 11%. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026 Over the past decade—starting even before the festival began to emphasize at-home viewing via video streams—the visual language of Coachella sets has trended toward a sort of deconstruction of performance, a meta-commentary on what was being shown. —

Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026 The broader economic mood has trended lower since early 2025, and consumer sentiment fell in April to its lowest reading on record in the University of Michigan’s long-running survey, with many consumers blaming the Iran conflict for worsening economic conditions. —

Mike Winters, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trended

Verb

Other delegates tended to view the Massachusetts men, especially the Adams cousins, as hotheads bent on rebellion.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Several doctors noted that OpenEvidence sometimes drew overly strong conclusions from medical studies with small sample sizes, though other clinicians noted even the system’s mistakes tended to err on the side of caution.

— Jared Perlo, NBC news, 13 May 2026