leaning
/ˈliːnɪŋ
/noun (often leanings)
A tendency or partiality of a particular kind: his early leanings towards socialism...
- What are some leader leanings liable to leave an organization losing?
- There's nothing startling about the academy's ideological leanings.
- You could eat an entire meal here without realizing that the food has Peruvian leanings.
Synonyms
inclination, tendency, bent, proclivity, propensity, penchant, predisposition, predilection, proneness, partiality, preference, disposition, orientation, bias, attraction, liking, fancy, fondness, taste;
weakness, hankering, appetite, thirst
Rhymes
- not forgetting ——
- not for lack (or want) of trying
- not for love or money
- not for nothing
- not-for-profit
- not gate
- not give a bugger
- not give a shit
- not give a stuff
- not give a tinker's curse (or cuss or damn)
- not give (or care) a damn
- not give (or care) a fig
- not give (or care) a monkey's
- not give (or care) a rat's ass
- not give (or care) a whoop
- not give something houseroom
- not-go
- not go any further
- not guilty
- not half
- no thanks to
- not have a bar of
- not have a cat in hell's chance
- not have a leg to stand on
- not have a penny to bless oneself with