Trend

Noun:


1.A general direction in which something tends to move

(Usage: The trend of the stock market)

2. General line of orientation

(Usage: The northeastern trend of the coast)

3. A general tendency to change (as of opinion)

(Usage: not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book)

4. The popular taste at a given time

(Usage: he followed current trends)

Verb:

1. Turn sharply; change direction abruptly

Synonyms:

1. Course
2. Curve
3. Cut
4. Drift
5. Movement
6. Sheer
7. Slew
8. Slue
9. Style
10. Swerve
11. Tendency
12. Veer
13. Vogue