FADS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

fads

noun

plural of fad

as in trends

a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time once the fad for that kind of music had passed, nobody would have been caught dead listening to it

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Recent Examples of fads And given that culture is now so tied to trends and developments online, fads can take over very quickly and spread around the world in minutes. — Gavin Francis, The New York Review of Books, 24 Oct. 2026 D’Souza has tested many of the agents that have experienced fads over the last year, like OpenClaw and Hermes Agent. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Oct. 2026 The Turkish and Yemeni traditions that incorporate cloves give the current trend a cultural anchor that pure wellness fads typically lack, which may be part of why this one is sticking. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 Despite the very name of their publication, the Vogue staffers weren’t buying into the fads — and that spoke to something which La Ligne tries to embody. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026 The same effect was used for the theatrical release of a few other movies, including Midway and Rollercoaster, but Sensurround eventually went the way of other ’70s fads like platform shoes and pet rocks. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 21 Aug. 2026 Unlike other quick-passing fads, however, butterflycore and its sister, fairycore, are rooted in longstanding visual languages. — Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2026 Their strength has always been their ability to think beyond election cycles, market fluctuations, technological fads, and the crises of the moment. — David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 What separates sunmaxxing from earlier wellness fads is its economics. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fads

Noun

What makes lifestyle trends from the region particularly appealing globally is the foundations on which they’re built.

— Lola Akinmade, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Smilow says a few entrepreneurial trends are taking over college campuses.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of trends

Noun

Yet bubbles do not burst entirely of their own accord; investment crazes don’t wane because fundamentals suddenly change.

— RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
Similar to fashion crazes like poodle skirts, many of the top baby names for girls in the 1950s have fallen out of style.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of crazes

Noun

Tyson offered up his thoughts and enthusiasms on this remarkable investigatory tool.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of enthusiasms

Noun

There’s a brief moment in Timothée Chalamet’s video with comedian Druski where a performer comes in, vogues, and blows a kiss to the actor.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Fans will see Infinite sporting braids — dressed in all black with daring red leather gloves as he vogues and dances unapologetically in his glory.

— Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 16 Sep. 2025

Definition of vogues

Noun

Foster, a defense contractor who’s just lost his job, rages at the burdens of everyday life in America, and thinks the world is working against certain people.

— Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026
Until there is, the debate over the sustainability of the memory cycle and the appropriate earnings multiple rages on.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026