penchant
Taste for something
A penchant is a strong liking or inclination toward something, often a particular activity or pursuit.
The word carries a sense of habitual attraction rather than passing interest.
She has a penchant for vintage clothing.
His penchant for risk-taking worried his family.
Unlike a mere preference, penchant suggests something that consistently draws a person's attention or shapes their behavior.
Flavor perception ability
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- fondnessWarm liking or affection
- likingPositive inclination toward
- fancyElaborate or decorative
weakness · soft spot · appetite · relish · appreciation · affinity · attraction · love
Settled regular tendency
- customHabitual group practice
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
wont · way · manner · disposition · second nature · reflex · instinct · compulsion
Innate tendency toward something
- dispositionInherent character or arrangement
- bentCurved; also dishonest
- pronenessTendency toward something
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
drift · gravitation · orientation · turn · bias · slant · tilt · pull
taste
Flavor perception ability
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- fondnessWarm liking or affection
- likingPositive inclination toward
fancy · weakness · soft spot · appetite · relish · appreciation · affinity · attraction · love · passion
habit
Settled regular tendency
pattern · wont · way · manner · disposition · second nature · reflex · instinct · compulsion · obsession
predisposition
Innate tendency toward something
- dispositionInherent character or arrangement
- bentCurved; also dishonest
- pronenessTendency toward something
susceptibility · drift · gravitation · orientation · turn · bias · slant · tilt · pull · draw
aptitude
Innate capability
talent · facility · capacity · ability · skill · genius · forte · strength · endowment · instinct
- preferencespreferences, prefer, likes, like, liking
- French Loanwordsa la carte, ballet, a la mode, au revoir, bon appetit
- desireswant, wish, desire, wanting, yearning
- dispositionsdisposition, predisposition, temperament, bent, proneness
- inclinationspredisposition, bent, disposition, proneness, preference
- SAT vocabularyaesthetic, ambiguous, benevolent, candid, concise
penchantaversion
Intense dislike or repugnance
distaste · dislike · disinclination · antipathy · hatred
penchantindifference
Lack of interest
apathy · unconcern · detachment · disinterestedness · neutrality
leaning, tendency, inclination, proclivity, predilection, propensity