trend

Meanings

• a general direction in which something tends to move
  • "the trend of the stock market"
• general line of orientation
  • "the northeastern trend of the coast"
• a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
  • "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"
• the popular taste at a given time
  • "he followed current trends"
• turn sharply; change direction abruptly

Synonyms

course, curve, cut, drift, movement, sheer, slew, slue, style, swerve, tendency, veer, vogue