Entry Word: inclination

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a habitual attraction to some activity or thing <her natural inclination to help people in need>

Synonyms bent, devices, disposition, genius, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turn

Related Words bias, prejudice; aptitude, faculty, flair, gift, knack, talent; addiction, fondness, liking; forte, speciality, specialty; convention, custom, habit, pattern, practice (also practise), routine, trick, way, wont; oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularity

Near Antonyms aversion, dislike, distaste; impartiality, neutrality, objectivity; apathy, disinterestedness, indifference

2 the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle <the photographer adjusted the inclination of her head> — see tilt
3 the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon <the inclination of the hill is gentle, so walking up it isnʼt too bad> — see slant