'Fad' definitions:
Definition of 'fad'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Fad'
From: GCIDE
- Fad \Fad\ (f[a^]d), n. [Cf. Faddle.]
- 1. A hobby; freak; whim. [1913 Webster]
- It is your favorite fad to draw plans. --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]
- 2. a practise followed enthusiastically by a number of people for a limited period of time; as, the latest fad in fashion.
- Syn: craze; mania. [PJC] -- {Fad"dist}, n. -- {Fad"dish}, a. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fad'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- best seller,
- big hit,
- boutade,
- brainstorm,
- brilliant success,
- capriccio,
- caprice,
- chic,
- conceit,
- crank,
- craze,
- crazy idea,
- crotchet,
- cry,
- faddiness,
- faddishness,
- faddism,
- faddist,
- fancy,
- fantastic notion,
- fantasy,
- flimflam,
- fool notion,
- freak,
- freakish inspiration,
- furore,
- gas,
- gasser,
- great success,
- harebrained idea,
- hit,
- humor,
- killing,
- kink,
- maggot,
- megrim,
- meteoric success,
- mode,
- momentary success,
- notion,
- novelty,
- passing fancy,
- quirk,
- rage,
- resounding triumph,
- riot,
- roaring success,
- sensation,
- smash,
- smash hit,
- style,
- toy,
- triumph,
- vagary,
- vogue,
- whim,
- whim-wham,
- whimsy,
- wow,
- wrinkle