Synonyms of biases

biases 1 of 2

noun

plural of bias

as in tendencies

a habitual attraction to some activity or thing

from her youth she revealed a strong bias toward a life of the mind

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tendencies
• inclinations
• aptitudes
• affinities
• affections
• predispositions
• impulses
• predilections
• leanings
• devices
• proclivities
• prejudices
• dispositions
• preferences
• propensities
• talents
• appetites
• bents
• partialities
• bones
• addictions
• penchants
• knacks
• gifts
• habitudes
• geniuses
• turns
• habits
• tastes
• endowments
• favors
• practices
• faculties
• flairs
• patterns
• likes
• partisanships
• idiosyncrasies
• likings
• fancies
• specialties
• customs
• quirks
• eccentricities
• specialities
• peculiarities
• routines
• conventions
• singularities
• tricks
• ways
• oddities
• kinks
• fortes
• wonts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• allergies
• dislikes
• distastes
• aversions
• disinclinations
• disfavors
• detachments
• disrelishes
• indifferences
• impartialities
• neutralities
• objectivities
• nonchalances
• insouciances
• apathies

biases

2 of 2

verb

variants or biasses

present tense third-person singular of bias

as in prejudices

to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge

bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prejudices
• turns
• convinces
• persuades
• influences
• poisons
• predisposes
• inclines
• disposes
• suggests
• prepossesses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of biases

Noun

Third, it is not yet known whether these moral biases appear outside survey settings. — Alexandra Figueroa, The Conversation, 14 July 2026

The lawsuit accuses Meta of violating laws recently adopted in California and New York that require companies to thoroughly test AI systems for potential biases. — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 14 July 2026

The aim was to assess how their biases were affected by scene-by-scene content analysis of the racial representation of 29 popular kids shows and movies. — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026

Skills such as digital literacy and being aware of AI’s biases and untruths are on one side of the coin. — Al Kingsley Mbe, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

The researchers say the inability of LLMs to provide the correct location is an inherent flaw that arises from training biases or from misinterpretations of instructions within the current context. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026

Consumers have cognitive biases that can sometimes encourage companies to pursue annoying practices. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 7 July 2026

Thereby hangs Colloff’s spellbinding tale of a justice system derailed by biases. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026

Despite their mistakes and biases, these men deserve the credit they’re typically given. — T. H. Breen, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

Verb

Obesity is clearly multifactorial, and emphasizing biology spotlights biological solutions, which biases our selection of choices related to our health. — Max Moser, STAT, 9 July 2026

Nationalist fervor over beating China biases AI policy toward recklessness — and possible catastrophe. — Robert Wright, Washington Post, 26 June 2026

In a recent 2020 study, even neutral words were processed by participants differently depending on whether they were placed in a positive or negative context, revealing that prior emotional tone biases how future information is received. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025