Synonyms of predilection

predilection

noun

ˌpre-də-ˈlek-shən 

as in tendency

a habitual attraction to some activity or thing

a young lad with a predilection for telling tall tales

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tendency
• inclination
• aptitude
• devices
• affinity
• affection
• proclivity
• knack
• predisposition
• penchant
• propensity
• impulse
• disposition
• bias
• preference
• partiality
• talent
• bent
• addiction
• genius
• bone
• appetite
• habitude
• turn
• leaning
• gift
• prejudice
• flair
• fondness
• liking
• taste
• habit
• partisanship
• favor
• endowment
• like
• speciality
• faculty
• specialty
• idiosyncrasy
• practice
• fancy
• practise
• peculiarity
• one-sidedness
• forte
• eccentricity
• quirk
• pattern
• custom
• convention
• singularity
• wont
• way
• routine
• oddity
• trick
• kink

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• aversion
• dislike
• distaste
• disinclination
• allergy
• disfavor
• neutrality
• objectivity
• indifference
• detachment
• impartiality
• disliking
• averseness
• disrelish
• apathy
• nonchalance
• unconcern
• disinterestedness
• insouciance

Synonym Chooser

How does the noun predilection contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of predilection are bias, prejudice, and prepossession. While all these words mean "an attitude of mind that predisposes one to favor something," predilection implies a strong liking deriving from one's temperament or experience.

a predilection for travel

When could bias be used to replace predilection?

Although the words bias and predilection have much in common, bias implies an unreasoned and unfair distortion of judgment in favor of or against a person or thing.

a strong bias toward the plaintiff

When is it sensible to use prejudice instead of predilection?

The words prejudice and predilection can be used in similar contexts, but prejudice usually implies an unfavorable prepossession and connotes a feeling rooted in suspicion, fear, or intolerance.

a mindless prejudice against the unfamiliar

When can prepossession be used instead of predilection?

While the synonyms prepossession and predilection are close in meaning, prepossession suggests a fixed conception likely to preclude objective judgment of anything counter to it.

a prepossession against technology

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of predilection

Instead, the predilection to keep to a certain set of words is presumably to make life easier for readers. —Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024

His tire warm-up work on Mercedes’ cool-weather predilection sent him to Las Vegas glory. —Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 20 June 2025

In All of this makes Fort Lauderdale’s current bullishness even more exceptional because the forces underpinning it aren’t being driven by Florida’s frequent predilection for opportunism and myopia. —Peter Lane Taylor, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025

The first idea merged his predilection for movement across landscapes with the autobiographical. —Alex Vernon may 27, Literary Hub, 27 May 2025

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