likings
What you favor
Likings is the plural of liking, referring to multiple preferences or tastes.
While liking usually appears as a mass noun—to your liking, a liking for jazz—the plural form occurs when distinguishing separate preferences: Her likings included mystery novels, black coffee, and long walks.
The word is somewhat formal and infrequent.
Most preferred choices
- choicesAvailable options to pick
- inclinationsInherent preferences or tendencies
- predilectionsEstablished personal preferences
- penchantsStrong habitual likings
leanings · proclivities · tastes · fancies · desires · wishes · interests · selections
Warm liking or affection
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- warmthHeat you feel
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
rapport · connection · kinship · attraction · closeness · tenderness · endearment · devotion
Preferential treatment of some
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- soft spotEmotional vulnerability or fondness
bent · propensity · proneness · leaning · inclination · tendency · disposition · fondness
favorites
Most preferred choices
- choicesAvailable options to pick
- inclinationsInherent preferences or tendencies
- predilectionsEstablished personal preferences
penchants · leanings · proclivities · tastes · fancies · desires · wishes · interests · selections · priorities
fondness
Warm liking or affection
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- warmthHeat you feel
sympathy · rapport · connection · kinship · attraction · closeness · tenderness · endearment · devotion · regard
favoritism
Preferential treatment of some
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
- weaknessDeficiency in force
soft spot · bent · propensity · proneness · leaning · inclination · tendency · disposition · fondness · appetite
likingsdislikes
Mild negative feelings
aversions · hatreds · antipathies · loathings · repulsions
likingsindifference
Lack of interest
apathy · disinterest · unconcern · detachment · neutrality
- take a liking toBegin to enjoy
- liking postsEndorsing content online
- to one's likingSatisfying personal preferences
- liking it or lumping itAccepting the unavoidable