If you have no liking for modern music, you will not enjoy this concert.
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Liking
//ˈlaɪkɪŋ//
Synonyms for "liking" (136 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (68)
instinctintentionlasciviousnessleaningliabilitylibidolikelikeslovelovemakinglustmarried lovemindobjectivepartialitypassionpenchantphysical loveplatonic lovepleasure
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popular regardpopularitypredilectionpredispositionpreferenceprejudiceprobabilityproclivitypronenesspropensityreadinessregardrelishresolutionsensitivity tosentimentsexsexual desiresexual loveshinesoftsoft spotspiritual lovesusceptibilitytastetendencytender feelingtender passionthingtropismtrueloveturntwistuxoriousnessvelleityvolitionwarpwayweaknesswillwill powerwillingnesswishworshipyearning
Noun(3 words)
Related word relations
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More general
1 entriesAntonyms
1 entriescauses desire
1 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- привлекателност noun (like, predilection)
- симпатия noun (like, predilection)
- склонност noun (like, predilection)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 喜愛 /喜爱 noun (like, predilection)
- 愛好 /爱好 noun (like, predilection)
- 趣味 noun (like, predilection)
Dutch
1 entries- genot noun (like, predilection)
Finnish
1 entries- mieltymys noun (like, predilection)
French
2 entries- goût noun (like, predilection)
- sympathie noun (like, predilection)
Galician
1 entries- gusto noun (like, predilection)
German
4 entries- Geschmack noun (like, predilection)
- Interesse noun (like, predilection)
- Neigung noun (like, predilection)
- Sympathie noun (like, predilection)
Hungarian
3 entries- kedv noun (like, predilection)
- tetszés noun (like, predilection)
- ízlés noun (like, predilection)
Japanese
1 entries- 好み noun (like, predilection)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- هوا noun (like, predilection)
Portuguese
1 entries- gosto noun (like, predilection)
Romanian
1 entries- plac noun (like, predilection)
Russian
4 entries- вкус noun (like, predilection)
- любо́вь noun (like, predilection)
- предрасполо́женность noun (like, predilection)
- пристра́стие noun (like, predilection)
Spanish
3 entries- agradamiento noun (like, predilection)
- agrado noun (like, predilection)
- gusto noun (like, predilection)
Swedish
1 entries- tycke noun (like, predilection)
Tagalog
1 entries- sarap noun (like, predilection)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Fred took a liking to Jane and started dating her.
Source: tatoeba (34082)
The coffee was not much to my liking.
Source: tatoeba (50494)
Liking children the way she does Sue should become a teacher.
Source: tatoeba (66932)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.