craze
10 synonyms for craze, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A brief but intense popular enthusiasm for something, a fad.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun
A brief but intense popular enthusiasm for something, a fad.
“The board game became a nationwide craze almost overnight.”
2. verb
To develop a network of fine cracks, as in old pottery glaze or paint.
“The old porcelain vase had begun to craze with age.”
How to use craze
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Etymology
From Middle English crasen, "to shatter or break apart," from Old Norse — the modern "fad" sense developed later, as if popular enthusiasm were a kind of mental crack.
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