LIKINGS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

likings

noun

plural of liking

as in appetites

positive regard for something I have a liking for dark chocolate

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Noun

Kelley is much more interested in Taylor’s appetites—for food, for men, for feuds—than in the nuances of her acting.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
And the outlook for future profits is strong, if fans’ appetites are any gauge.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of appetites

Noun

In a Facebook post with nearly 500 likes and 40 comments as of Friday afternoon, the Gagnons spoke about their experience establishing the brewery and its part in the local community.

— John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2026
The post was an immediate hit with 1,500 likes to date, more than triple the engagement for the brand’s typical posts.

— Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of likes

Noun

Anyone displaying such pedestrian tastes would immediately be expelled from the room.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Founded in 1542 and morphing into a commercial capital for western Mexico, Guadalajara was, for much of its history, small in scale and spartan in its tastes.

— Michael Snyder, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of tastes

Noun

As soon as the application for on-campus housing at Sacramento State opened earlier this year, Angelina Amarel logged in to fill out her dorm preferences for her first year of undergraduate studies.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Rather than forcing every pup into the same feeding routine, The Pets Table recognizes that different dogs have different needs, preferences, and sensitivities.

— Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of preferences

Noun

Two of Zohran Mamdani’s enthusiasms — better bus service and soccer — have, in the World Cup, found their moment of zingy cross-pollination.

— Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 4 June 2026
The movie thus offers a complaint about the end results of Putinism, not about the ideas—the emotions, the enthusiasms, the resentments, the hatreds—that brought it about.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026

Definition of enthusiasms

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