Thesaurus:predilection

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predilection

English

Noun

Sense: condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards

Synonyms

• affinity
• bag (idiomatic)
• bent
• cup of coffee (idiomatic)
• cup of joe (idiomatic)
• cup of tea (idiomatic)
• fancy
• liking
• partiality
• penchant
• predilection
• predisposition
• preference
• proclivity
• propension (rare)
• propensity
• taste    [⇒ thesaurus]
• thing (informal)

Antonyms

• aversion
• disinclination
• indisposition

Hyponyms

• desire    [⇒ thesaurus]
• fetish

Hypernyms

• bias
• disposition
• inclination
• prejudice    [⇒ thesaurus]
• tendency

Various

• druthers (usually plural)

Further reading

• “820. affections” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “865. desire” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “predilection” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.