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inclination

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of inclination

1 a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
  • her natural inclination to help people in need
Synonyms of inclination

affection, affinity, aptitude, bent, bias, bone, devices, disposition, genius, habitude, impulse, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turn
Words Related to inclination

favor, one-sidedness, partisanship, prejudice

endowment, faculty, flair, genius, gift, knack, talent

addiction, appetite, fancy, fondness, like, liking, preference, taste

forte, speciality, specialty

convention, custom, habit, pattern, practice (also practise), routine, trick, way, wont

eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, kink, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularity
Near Antonyms of inclination

allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, disliking, disrelish, distaste

detachment, impartiality, neutrality, objectivity

apathy, disinterestedness, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern
2 the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle
  • The photographer adjusted the inclination of the subject's head.
Synonyms of inclination

angling, bend, cock, list, tilt, tip
Words Related to inclination

turn, twist, veer

bow, dip, nod
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 isn't too bad.
Synonyms of inclination

cant, diagonal, grade, gradient, incline, lean, pitch, rake, slant, slope, upgrade
Words Related to inclination

ascent, bank, climb, rise
Near Antonyms of inclination

declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, dip, downgrade, fall, hang, hanging, receding

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