| prone | | |
| adj. | 1. prone | having a tendency (to); often used in combination.; "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone" |
| ~ inclined | (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency.; "wasn't inclined to believe the excuse"; "inclined to be moody" |
| adj. | 2. prone, prostrate | lying face downward. |
| ~ unerect | not upright in position or posture. |
| aptitude | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. aptitude | inherent ability. |
| ~ ability, power | possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done.; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination" |
| ~ inherent aptitude, instinct | inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli.; "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in social animals" |
| ~ capableness, potentiality, capability | an aptitude that may be developed. |
| ~ natural ability | ability that is inherited. |
| avocation | | |
| n. (act) | 1. avocation, by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity. |
| ~ pastime, pursuit, interest | a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly).; "sailing is her favorite pastime"; "his main pastime is gambling"; "he counts reading among his interests"; "they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits" |
| ~ spelaeology, speleology | the pastime of exploring caves. |
| desire | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. desire | the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state. |
| ~ feeling | the experiencing of affective and emotional states.; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" |
| ~ ambition, aspiration, dream | a cherished desire.; "his ambition is to own his own business" |
| ~ bloodlust | a desire for bloodshed. |
| ~ temptation | the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid.; "he felt the temptation and his will power weakened" |
| ~ craving | an intense desire for some particular thing. |
| ~ wish, wishing, want | a specific feeling of desire.; "he got his wish"; "he was above all wishing and desire" |
| ~ longing, yearning, hungriness | prolonged unfulfilled desire or need. |
| ~ concupiscence, physical attraction, sexual desire, eros | a desire for sexual intimacy. |
| ~ itch, urge | a strong restless desire.; "why this urge to travel?" |
| ~ caprice, whim, impulse | a sudden desire.; "he bought it on an impulse" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. desire | an inclination to want things.; "a man of many desires" |
| ~ tendency, inclination | a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect.; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink" |
| ~ hunger, thirst, hungriness, thirstiness | strong desire for something (not food or drink).; "a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection" |
| ~ greed | excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves. |
| n. (state) | 3. desire | something that is desired. |
| ~ arousal | a state of heightened physiological activity. |
| ~ passion, rage | something that is desired intensely.; "his rage for fame destroyed him" |
| ~ materialism, philistinism | a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters. |
| v. (emotion) | 4. desire, want | feel or have a desire for; want strongly.; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" |
| ~ crave, lust, hunger, thirst, starve | have a craving, appetite, or great desire for. |
| ~ take to, fancy, go for | have a fancy or particular liking or desire for.; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window" |
| ~ miss | feel or suffer from the lack of.; "He misses his mother" |
| ~ hope | be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.; "I am still hoping that all will turn out well" |
| ~ wish | hope for; have a wish.; "I wish I could go home now" |
| ~ wish well, wish | feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of. |
| ~ like, wish, care | prefer or wish to do something.; "Do you care to try this dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?" |
| ~ itch, spoil | have a strong desire or urge to do something.; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight" |
| ~ like | want to have.; "I'd like a beer now!" |
| ~ ambition | have as one's ambition. |
| ~ feel like | have an inclination for something or some activity.; "I feel like staying in bed all day"; "I feel like a cold beer now" |
| ~ begrudge, envy | be envious of; set one's heart on. |
| ~ lech after, lust after | have a strong sexual desire for.; "he is lusting after his secretary" |
| ~ hanker, long, yearn | desire strongly or persistently. |
| ~ seek | try to get or reach.; "seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness" |
| v. (emotion) | 5. desire, hope, trust | expect and wish.; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise" |
| ~ wish | hope for; have a wish.; "I wish I could go home now" |
| v. (emotion) | 6. desire | express a desire for. |
| ~ call for, request, bespeak, quest | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| fad | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. craze, cult, fad, furor, furore, rage | an interest followed with exaggerated zeal.; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" |
| ~ fashion | the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior. |
| inclination | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. disposition, inclination, tendency | an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others.; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" |
| ~ attitude, mental attitude | a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways.; "he had the attitude that work was fun" |
| ~ direction | a general course along which something has a tendency to develop.; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals determined the direction of his career"; "they proposed a new direction for the firm" |
| ~ trend, drift, movement | a general tendency to change (as of opinion).; "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" |
| ~ call | a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course.; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call" |
| ~ denominationalism | the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations. |
| ~ devices | an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'.; "eventually the family left the house to the devices of this malevolent force"; "the children were left to their own devices" |
| ~ sympathy, understanding | an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion.; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding" |
| ~ favoritism, favouritism | an inclination to favor some person or group. |
| ~ proclivity, leaning, propensity | a natural inclination.; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration" |
| ~ bent, set | a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way.; "the set of his mind was obvious" |
| ~ literalism | a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense. |
| ~ perseveration | the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it. |
| ~ predisposition | an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way. |
| ~ favour, favor | an inclination to approve.; "that style is in favor this season" |
| ~ dislike, disfavor, disfavour, disapproval | an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group. |
| ~ partisanship, partiality | an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives. |
| ~ impartiality, nonpartisanship | an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally. |
| n. (shape) | 2. inclination, inclination of an orbit | (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees. |
| ~ astronomy, uranology | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole. |
| ~ angle | the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians. |
| n. (shape) | 3. angle of inclination, inclination | (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis). |
| ~ geometry | the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces. |
| ~ angle | the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians. |
| n. (shape) | 4. angle of dip, dip, inclination, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination | (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon. |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ angle | the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians. |
| n. (feeling) | 5. inclination | that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking.; "her inclination is for classical music" |
| ~ liking | a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment.; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin" |
| ~ leaning, propensity, tendency | an inclination to do something.; "he felt leanings toward frivolity" |
| ~ stomach | an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness.; "he had no stomach for a fight" |
| ~ undertow | an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling.; "his account had a poignant undertow of regret" |
| n. (attribute) | 6. inclination, lean, leaning, list, tilt | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical.; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" |
| ~ spatial relation, position | the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated.; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage" |
| n. (attribute) | 7. inclination, tendency | a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect.; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink" |
| ~ heterosis, hybrid vigor | (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent. |
| ~ disposition | a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing.; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture" |
| ~ buoyancy | the tendency to float in water or other liquid. |
| ~ electronegativity, negativity | (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond. |
| ~ stainability | (cytology) the capacity of cells or cell parts to stain specifically with certain dyes. |
| ~ desire | an inclination to want things.; "a man of many desires" |
| n. (act) | 8. inclination, inclining | the act of inclining; bending forward.; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement" |
| ~ movement, motility, motion, move | a change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" |
| ~ bob | a short abrupt inclination (as of the head).; "he gave me a short bob of acknowledgement" |
| ~ nod | the act of nodding the head. |
| ~ stoop | an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward. |
| tendency | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. leaning, propensity, tendency | an inclination to do something.; "he felt leanings toward frivolity" |
| ~ inclination | that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking.; "her inclination is for classical music" |
| n. (location) | 2. tendency, trend | a general direction in which something tends to move.; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market" |
| ~ direction, way | a line leading to a place or point.; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" |
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