LIKINGS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

likings

noun

plural of liking

as in appetites

positive regard for something I have a liking for dark chocolate

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Noun

The data centers’ appetites, however, aren’t fully sated with power alone.

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Snack manufacturers and alcohol producers are facing the prospect of reduced appetites.

— Elyse Moody, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026

Definition of appetites

Noun

The channel initially focused on rock music, reflecting both the tastes of its founders and the limited number of videos available.

— Kara Rogers Britannica Editors July 21, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026
Christie’s, as always, is willing to adapt to the tastes of their clients, but the auction house also has multiple strategies for wooing tech wealth and trying to convert them to fine art.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of tastes

Noun

The more it is used, the more the operating system can adapt to the user’s habits and preferences, becoming increasingly personalized over time.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 July 2026
Ask your guests about their allergies and snack preferences then put together a snack basket.

— Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of preferences

Noun

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
The movie thus offers a complaint about the end results of Putinism, not about the ideas—the emotions, the enthusiasms, the resentments, the hatreds—that brought it about.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026

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