leaning
Bent in direction
Leaning is an inclination or tendency toward something—a preference that falls short of full commitment.
Someone with liberal leanings tends toward liberal views without necessarily identifying as liberal.
The word suggests direction without arrival: She has leanings toward vegetarianism but still eats fish.
As a present participle, leaning describes the physical act of tilting or resting against something: He was leaning against the wall.
Inclination toward a behavior
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
- dispositionInherent character or arrangement
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
- penchantIngrained liking or tendency
predilection · bent · proclivity · propensity · fondness · liking · partiality · predisposition
Angled rising surface
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- one-sidednessImbalanced viewpoint or treatment
- partisanshipLoyalty to one faction
slant · skew · discrimination · unfairness · nepotism · bigotry · intolerance · chauvinism
tendency
Inclination toward a behavior
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
- dispositionInherent character or arrangement
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
penchant · predilection · bent · proclivity · propensity · fondness · liking · partiality · predisposition · taste
incline
Angled rising surface
cant · list · pitch · tip · rake · gradient · camber · bank · heel · dip
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- one-sidednessImbalanced viewpoint or treatment
partisanship · slant · skew · discrimination · unfairness · nepotism · bigotry · intolerance · chauvinism · sectarianism
reclining
Leaning backward at rest
bracing · hunching · stooping · lounging · supporting · tilting · angling · bending · inclining · listing
- gerundswalking, running, talking, eating, sleeping
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- Body Movementwalking, running, jumping, bending, stretching
- body positionslying down, flat, upright, standing, sitting
- crookedcrooked, askew, awry, lopsided, off-center
- postureposture, posture corrector, upright, slouch, slouching
leaningupright
Vertical or morally sound
vertical · straight · erect · perpendicular · plumb
leaningneutrality
State of taking sides
impartiality · aversion · disinclination · antipathy · objectivity
- leaning onSupported by contact with
- leaning over backwardsExtreme effort to accommodate
- leaning towards
- leaning intoActively engaging with
- Leaning Tower of PisaCrooked Italian bell tower
- leaning inTilting body forward