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

But executives on Wednesday expressed confidence that the chain will not lose customers because of changes to their appetites.

— Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
Mazzagatti emphasized that decarbonization and energy security must reinforce each other, noting that modular nuclear power can support both legacy industrial plants and the soaring energy appetites of modern computing.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of appetites

Noun

That’s why he wasn’t being recruited by Southeastern Conference powerhouses and instead was being courted by the lower-profile likes of Eastern Kentucky, Mercer, Old Dominion, Southeast Missouri State and Western Illinois.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Promoting the tour on Instagram, Brown posted a close-up of his hips mid-thrust, hand grabbing his crotch, gathering more than 160,000 likes in a single day.

— Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of likes

Noun

Collectively the finds offer a more comprehensive picture of the civilian and military members of the community that lived within Tell Al-Abqain—their social lives, their daily activities, their tastes, and their beliefs.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Skywalker Grill marks his first West Coast project, which required learning California’s seasonality, its markets and its tastes.

— Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of tastes

Noun

Campbell’s executives said the move to natural colors was mainly prompted by shifting consumer preferences.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
Sussman is inclined to see such preferences as further evidence of capitalism’s moral failings.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 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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