Synonyms for penchant
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Noun
Definitions
- n. 1
A taste, liking, or inclination for (something).
He has a penchant for fine wine.
Forms
- Plural
- penchants → predilections, proclivities, propensities, fondnesses…
Example sentences
- propensity He has a propensity of picking his nose in public.
- fondness He has a morbid fondness for murder mysteries.
- predilection She always had a predilection for round numbers.
- proclivity Your record indicates a proclivity for violence.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| penchant | rising | |
| propensity | rising | |
| fondness | rising | |
| predilection | steady | |
| proclivity | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- turn1, bent1
- 5 letters
- taste1, fancy2
- 6 letters
- desire3, liking2
- 7 letters
- leaning2, aptness
- 8 letters
- tendency3, appetite3, aptitude3, fondness2
- 9 letters
- affection3, proneness
- 10 letters
- preference3, propensity4, proclivity4, partiality5
- 11 letters
- disposition4, inclination4
- 12 letters
- predilection4
- 14 letters
- predisposition5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fancy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- penchant
- Italiano
- inclinazione
- Español
- tendencia