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| Main Entry: | tendency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination to think or do in a certain way |
| Synonyms: | addiction, affection, bent*, bias, current, custom, disposition, drift, habit, impulse, leaning, liability, mind, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, readiness, run, set, shift, slant, susceptibility, temperament, thing*, trend, turn, type, usage, way*, weakness, inclining, mindset, proneness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tendency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | direction of movement |
| Synonyms: | aim, bearing, bent, bias, course, current, curve, drift, drive, heading, inclination, leaning, movement, purport, run, shift, tenor, trend, turn, way, turning |
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
tendency; aptness, aptitude; proneness, proclivity, bent, turn, tone, bias, set, leaning to, predisposition, inclination, propensity, susceptibiliy; conatus, nisus; liability [more]; quality, nature, temperament; idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy; cast, vein, grain; humor, mood; drift (direction) [more]; conduciveness, conducement; applicability (utility) [more]; subservience (instrumentality) [more].
-verbs
tend, contribute, conduce, lead, dispose, incline, verge, bend to, trend, affect, carry, redound to, bid fair to, gravitate towards; promote (aid) [more].
-adjectives
-adverbs
for, whither.
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| Main Entry: | attraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to draw attention; something that draws attention |
| Synonyms: | allure, appeal, bait, charm, come-on*, draw, enchantment, endearment, enticement, fascination, gravitation, inclination, inducement, interest, invitation, lure, magnetism, pull, seduction, temptation, tendency, allurement, attractiveness, captivation, chemistry, courting, drawing power, enthrallment, it, solicitation |
| Antonyms: | repulsion, revulsion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination; talent |
| Synonyms: | ability, aim, aptitude, bag*, disposition, facility, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, knack, leaning, mind-set*, nose, penchant, predilection, predisposition, preference, proclivity, propensity, set, tack, tendency, tilt, turn, druthers, head-set, inclining, thing for, weakness for |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | characteristic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | typical feature, trait |
| Synonyms: | affection, aspect, attribute, badge, bag, bearing, bent, caliber, cast, complexion, component, disposition, distinction, earmark, endowment, essence, essential, faculty, flavor, frame, idiosyncrasy, inclination, individuality, mannerism, mark, mood, nature, originality, peculiarity, personality, point, property, quality, specialty, streak, stripe, style, symptom, temperament, tendency, thing, tinge, tone, trademark, turn, virtue, differentia, lineament, particularity, singularity, thumbprint |
| Antonyms: | abnormality |
| Main Entry: | instinct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gut feeling, idea |
| Synonyms: | aptitude, faculty, feeling, funny feeling*, gift, gut reaction*, hunch, impulse, inclination, intuition, knack, know-how*, nose*, predisposition, proclivity, savvy*, sense, sentiment, sixth sense*, talent, tendency, urge |
| Antonyms: | knowledge, reason |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | likelihood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance of something happening |
| Synonyms: | direction, fair shake, fighting chance*, liability, long shot*, possibility, presumption, probability, prospect, tendency, toss-up, trend, coin flip, even break, fifty-fifty*, good chance, likeliness, outside chance, plausibility, reasonableness, shot at, strong possibility |
| Antonyms: | unlikelihood |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | liking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fondness, taste |
| Synonyms: | affection, affinity, appetite, appreciation, attachment, attraction, bent, bias, desire, devotion, fancy, favoritism, inclination, love, mind, partiality, passion, penchant, pleasure, predilection, preference, propensity, relish, soft spot*, stomach, sympathy, tendency, tooth, weakness, will, palate, proneness, velleity |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of mind |
| Synonyms: | affection, air, atmosphere, attitude, aura, bent*, blues*, caprice, character, color*, condition, crotchet, cue, depression, desire, disposition, doldrums, dumps*, emotion, fancy, feel*, feeling, frame of mind*, humor, inclination, individuality, melancholy, mind, personality, pleasure, propensity, response, scene, semblance, soul, spirit, strain, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, timbre, vagary, vein, whim, wish, high spirits, low spirits |
| Antonyms: | health |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | partiality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | favoritism, fondness |
| Synonyms: | affinity, bias, cup of tea*, dish, flash, inclination, leaning, liking, love, penchant, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, proclivity, propensity, taste, tendency, thing*, type, weakness, druthers, inclining, partisanship |
| Antonyms: | fairness, impartiality, justice, disinterest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | penchant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fondness, inclination |
| Synonyms: | affection, affinity, attachment, bias, disposition, itch*, leaning, liking, partiality, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, taste, tendency, tilt*, turn*, weakness, yen, druthers, inclining, proneness |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred, indifference |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | predilection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination, preference toward something |
| Synonyms: | bent*, bias, cup of tea*, dish*, fancy, flash, fondness, groove, leaning, liking, love, partiality, penchant, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, taste*, tendency, thing*, type, weakness, druthers, inclining, mindset, proneness |
| Notes: | a propensity is a tendency while a predilection is a partiality - thus, a propensity (from Latin meaning 'hanging toward') is a behavioral predisposition whereas a predilection is a personal characteristic (from Latin meaning 'choose or love before others') |
| Antonyms: | antipathy, dislike, hate, disinterest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | predisposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | willingness, inclination |
| Synonyms: | bent*, bias, choice, cup of tea*, dish*, disposition, flash, groove, leaning, likelihood, liking, option, partiality, penchant, predilection, preference, proclivity, propensity, susceptibility, tendency, thing*, type, weakness, druthers, potentiality, proneness |
| Antonyms: | disinclination, unwillingness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | propensity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination, weakness |
| Synonyms: | ability, bent*, bias, capacity, competence, disposition, flash, leaning, liability, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, susceptibility, sweet tooth*, talent, tendency, thing*, tilt*, yen, aptness, inclining, proneness |
| Antonyms: | antipathy, disinclination, dislike, hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | purport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, implication |
| Synonyms: | aim, bearing, burden, connotation, core, design, drift, gist, heart, idea, import, intent, intention, matter, meat, message, nub, object, objective, pith, plan, point, purpose, score, sense, significance, spirit, stuff, substance, tendency, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot, acceptation, intendment, significancy, signification |
| Main Entry: | sentiment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emotion, belief |
| Synonyms: | affect, attitude, bias, conception, conviction, disposition, eye, feeling, idea, inclination, judgment, leaning, mind, opinion, partiality, passion, penchant, persuasion, position, posture, predilection, propensity, sensibility, sentimentality, slant, tendency, tenderness, thought, view, affectivity, emotionalism, hearts and flowers, inclining, overemotionalism, romanticism, softheartedness, tender feeling, way of thinking |
| Main Entry: | temperament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disposition, personality |
| Synonyms: | attitude, bent, capacity, cast, character, complexion, constitution, ego, frame of mind, humor, idiosyncrasy, inclination, individuality, intellect, kind, makeup, mentality, mettle, mood, nature, outlook, peculiarity, quality, soul, spirit, stamp, structure, susceptibility, temperament, tendency, turn, type, way, distinctiveness, emotions, individualism, inner nature |
| Main Entry: | tide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flow, current |
| Synonyms: | course, direction, drag, drift, ebb, eddy, flood, flux, movement, race, run, rush, sluice, spate, stream, tendency, torrent, trend, undercurrent, undertow, vortex, wave, whirlpool |
| Main Entry: | undercurrent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drift, pull |
| Synonyms: | atmosphere, aura, direction, eddy, feeling, flavor, hint, inclination, indication, insinuation, intimation, murmur, overtone, propensity, sense, suggestion, tendency, tenor, tinge, trace, trend, undertone, undertow, crosscurrent, riptide, underflow, vibes, vibrations |
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