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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination, weakness |
| Synonyms: | ability, aptness, bent*, bias, capacity, competence, disposition, flash, inclining, leaning, liability, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, susceptibility, sweet tooth, talent, tendency, thing*, tilt, yen |
| 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, disinclination, dislike, hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | talent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability |
| Synonyms: | a way with, aptitude, aptness, art, bent*, capability, capacity, craft, endowment, expertise, facility, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, green thumb, head*, inventiveness, knack*, know-how, nose*, power, savvy*, set, skill, smarts, the formula, the goods, the right stuff, thing*, turn*, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | inability, incapacity, lack, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | taste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination, preference |
| Synonyms: | affection, appetence, appetite, attachment, bent*, comprehension, cup of tea, desire, disposition, druthers, fancy, fondness, gusto, heart, leaning, liking, palate, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, prepossession, relish, soft spot, stomach*, tendency, thing*, type, understanding, weakness, zest |
| Antonyms: | disinclination, dislike, hate, hatred |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | temperament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disposition, personality |
| Synonyms: | attitude, bent, capacity, cast, character, complexion, constitution, distinctiveness, ego, emotions, frame of mind, humor, idiosyncrasy, inclination, individualism, individuality, inner nature, intellect, kind, makeup, mentality, mettle, mood, nature, outlook, peculiarity, quality, soul, spirit, stamp, structure, susceptibility, temperament, tendency, turn, type, way |
| 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, inclining, leaning, liability, mind, mindset, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, readiness, run, set, shift, slant, susceptibility, temperament, thing*, trend, turn, type, usage, way*, weakness |
* = 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, turning, way |
| Main Entry: | trend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flow, current |
| Synonyms: | aim, bearing, bent, bias, course, direction, drift, inclination, leaning, movement, orientation, progression, run, swing, tendency, tenor, wind |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aptitude, knack |
| Synonyms: | affinity, aptness, bent, bias, bump, disposition, faculty, flair, genius, gift, head, inclination, leaning, predisposition, propensity, talent |
| Antonyms: | inability |
| Main Entry: | twist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden development; oddity |
| Synonyms: | aberration, bent, change, characteristic, confusion, crotchet, eccentricity, entanglement, foible, idiosyncrasy, kink, knot, mess, mix-up, peculiarity, proclivity, quirk, revelation, screw-up, slant, snarl, surprise, tangle, trait, turn, variation |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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