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I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. craze, rage, vogue; fancy, hobby. See changeableness, fashion.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. craze, fashion, vogue, rage, trend, mania, enthusiasm, affectation, fancy, caprice, whim, style, freak, hobby, cry, novelty, innovation, custom, amusement, humor, vagary, dernier cri (French), crotchet, maggot, quirk, kink, eccentricity, passing fashion, popular innovation, prevailing taste, frivolity, whimsy, passing fancy, sensation, furor, the latest word*, all the rage*, the thing*, the latest thing*, the in thing*, the last word*, the New look*, in joke*, flash in the pan*, nine days' wonder*.

Ant. custom*, convention, tradition.

See Synonym Study at fashion .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

craze, vogue, mania, rage, *in thing, trend, fashion, *dernier cri, whim, furor, mode.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The current custom: craze, fashion, furor, mode, rage, style, trend, vogue. Informal: thing. Idioms: the in thing, the last word, the latest thing. See STYLE, USUAL.