'Penchant' definitions:
Definition of 'penchant'
(from WordNet)
noun
A strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney" [syn: preference, penchant, predilection, taste]
Definition of 'Penchant'
From: GCIDE
- Penchant \Pen`chant"\, n. [F., fr. pencher to bend, fr. (assumed) LL. pendicare, L. pendere. See Pendant.] Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Penchant'
From: GCIDE
- Penchant \Pen`chant"\, n. (Card Playing) A game like b['e]zique, or, in the game, any queen and jack of different suits held together. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'penchant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a thing for,
- affinity,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- bent,
- bias,
- cast,
- conatus,
- conduciveness,
- delight,
- diathesis,
- disposition,
- eagerness,
- fancy,
- fascination,
- favor,
- feeling for,
- fondness,
- inclination,
- inclining,
- leaning,
- liability,
- liking,
- mutual affinity,
- mutual attraction,
- partiality,
- predilection,
- predisposition,
- preference,
- prejudice,
- probability,
- proclivity,
- proneness,
- propensity,
- readiness,
- sensitivity to,
- soft spot,
- susceptibility,
- sympathy,
- taste,
- tendency,
- tropism,
- turn,
- twist,
- warp,
- weakness,
- willingness