Definition as Noun

• general line of orientation
• a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
• a general direction in which something tends to move
• the popular taste at a given time

Definition as Verb

• turn sharply; change direction abruptly

• course

• drift, movement

• tendency

• vogue, style

• swerve, sheer, curve, veer, slue, slew, cut

• "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"

• "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"

• "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"

• "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"

• "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

• Trend vs course
• Trend vs drift
• Trend vs movement
• Trend vs tendency
• Trend vs vogue
• Trend vs style
• Trend vs swerve
• Trend vs sheer
• Trend vs curve
• Trend vs veer
• Trend vs slue
• Trend vs slew
• Trend vs cut