likings

noun

plural of liking
as in appetites
positive regard for something I have a liking for dark chocolate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for likings
  1. appetites
  2. likes
  3. tastes
  4. preferences
  5. enthusiasms
Noun
  • People are eating in and consuming less as rising costs squeeze Americans’ budgets and as GLP-1s shrink people’s appetites.
    — David Hickey, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Even in cases in which the alliance could act collectively, such as through offensive cyber-operations, doing so requires consensus among 32 countries that have very different histories, domestic politics, and appetites for risk.
    — Julianne Smith, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of appetites
Noun
  • In garrulous moods, Daunt likes to impart advice for young travellers.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • One post this week about my hospital visit drew 117,000 likes.
    — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of likes
Noun
  • The Credit Suisse findings suggest that what holds value isn’t luxury per se, but specific tastes.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Still, if Gen Alpha has similar tastes to Gen Z, the show will win over a new generation of kids while offering a Lisa Frank-esque idea of what high school could be.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of tastes
Noun
  • As a private citizen, he is entitled to exercise his political preferences.
    — Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
  • But those preferences are being weighed against some much bigger numbers.
    — Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of preferences
Noun
  • Tyson offered up his thoughts and enthusiasms on this remarkable investigatory tool.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Two of Zohran Mamdani’s enthusiasms — better bus service and soccer — have, in the World Cup, found their moment of zingy cross-pollination.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 4 June 2026
Definition of enthusiasms
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