an idea or activity, especially in politics or business, that suddenly becomes very popular or fashionable, so that a lot of people want to be involved in it
His recentpollvictory could start an ultra-nationalist bandwagon rolling.
jump on/climb on/join the bandwagon:
Every business was trying to jump on the ‘dot-com’ bandwagon.
Synonyms and related words
Thoughts, ideas and beliefs
thought
idea
belief
bandwagon
noun countable usually singular
US /ˈbændˌwæɡən/
Word Forms
singular
bandwagon
plural
bandwagons
DEFINITIONS1
1
an idea or activity, especially in politics or business, that suddenly becomes very popular or fashionable, so that a lot of people want to be involved in it
His recentpollvictory could start an ultra-nationalist bandwagon rolling.
jump on/climb on/join the bandwagon:
Every business was trying to jump on the “dot-com” bandwagon.