Meanings
fad1
plural fads
- A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.
You're a fad, that means you're something that we've already had, but once you're gone, you don't come back.
2004, Andre R. Young, “Encore”, in Encore1 more example
The pet rock fad was started by an advertising executive named Gary Dahl. The premise was simple: take ordinary rocks, glue eyes on them, and market them as pets.
2010, Eric J. Cesal, Down Detour Road: An Architect in Search of Practice, page 134
FAD2
- abbreviationinitialismuncountablebiochemistryInitialism of flavin adenine dinucleotide.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchfadaise
- Old Englishġefæd“order, decorum”
- Englishfad
Of English dialectal origin. Further origin obscure. Possibly from Old English ġefæd (“order, decorum”) (compare Old English ġefæd (“orderly, tidy”), fadian, ġefadian (“to set in order, arrange”), whence Middle English faden (“to arrange”)); or from French fadaise ("a trifling thought"; see fadaise).
More words from Old English, French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَقْلِيعَة
- تَقْلِيعَة (taqlīʕa)phenomenon
Catalan moda
- modaphenomenon
Chinese Mandarin 时尚
- 时尚 (shíshàng)phenomenon
Czech přechodná móda, módní výstřelek
- přechodná módaphenomenon
- módní výstřelekphenomenon
- poblázněníphenomenon
- pomíjivá módaphenomenon
Dutch modegril, manie
- modegrilphenomenon
- maniephenomenon
- ragephenomenon
Esperanto furoro
- furorophenomenon
Finnish villitys, muoti-ilmiö
- villitysphenomenon
- muoti-ilmiöphenomenon
- muotivillitysphenomenon
- muotihullutusphenomenon
- muotiphenomenon
French mode, lubie
- modephenomenon
- lubiephenomenon
German Mode, Trend
- Modephenomenon
- Trendphenomenon
- Modeerscheinungphenomenon
- Fimmelphenomenon
- Hypephenomenon
Italian moda, andazzo
- modaphenomenon
- andazzophenomenon
- tendenzaphenomenon
Japanese ファッド
- ファッドphenomenon
Norwegian trend
- trendphenomenon
Polish moda
- modaphenomenon
Portuguese moda
- modaphenomenon
Russian причу́да
- причу́да (pričúda)phenomenon
Spanish moda, moda pasajera
- modaphenomenon
- moda pasajeraphenomenon
- voga fugazphenomenon
- fashion efímerophenomenon
Swedish fluga, dagslända
- flugaphenomenon
- dagsländaphenomenon
Tagalog uso
- usophenomenon
Turkish moda, trend
- modaphenomenon
- trendphenomenon
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fad
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
fad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fad
“fad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fad. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fad,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fad.
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