an intense but short-lived fashion; craze a personal idiosyncrasy or whim
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fad /fæd/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
fad•dist, n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- a short-lived fashion, manner of conduct, etc., esp. one followed enthusiastically by a group.
fad•dist, n. [countable]
fad
(fad),USA pronunciation n.
fad′like′, adj.
- a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., esp. one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- noun, nominal use of dialect, dialectal fad to look after things, busy oneself with trifles, back formation from obsolete faddle to play with, fondle. See fiddle 1825–35
- craze, vogue, rage.
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'fad' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bloom
- boomer
- contempo
- craze
- faddish
- faddist
- faddy
- fade
- fashion
- fiddle-faddle
- furor
- nonbook
- rage
- viral marketing
- well-faded