LIKING Synonyms

• a feeling of delighted approval and liking

• the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

• a favorable judgment

• a positive feeling of liking

• understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something

• delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)

• an expression of gratitude

• a favorable judgment

• an increase in price or value

• a feeling of affection for a person or an institution

• a supplementary part or accessory

• a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding

• a connection that fastens things together

• faithful support for a cause or political party or religion

• the act of attaching or affixing something

• the act of fastening things together

• the force by which one object attracts another

• an entertainment that is offered to the public

• the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts

• a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts

• an entertainer who attracts large audiences

• the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

• an inclination to want things

• something that is desired

• feel or have a desire for; want strongly

• expect and wish

• express a desire for

• the pleasure felt when having a good time

• act of receiving pleasure from something

• (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property

• a feeling of excitement

• overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval

• a lively interest

• an act of gracious kindness

• an advantage to the benefit of someone or something

• an inclination to approve

• a feeling of favorable regard

• souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party

• promote over another

• consider as the favorite

• treat gently or carefully

• bestow a privilege upon

• a predisposition to like something

• a positive feeling of liking

• a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love

• an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

• (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees

• (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)

• (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

• that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking

• the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical

• a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect

• the act of inclining; bending forward

• a predisposition to like something

• an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives

• a strong liking

• a predisposition in favor of something

• the right or chance to choose

• grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties)

• vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment

• spicy or savory condiment

• the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

• derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

• the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus

• a strong liking

• delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)

• a brief experience of something

• a small amount eaten or drunk

• the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth

• a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds

• have flavor; taste of something

• perceive by the sense of taste

• take a sample of

• have a distinctive or characteristic taste

• distinguish flavors

• experience briefly

• derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

• have benefit from

• get pleasure from

• have for one's benefit

• take delight in

• not plain; decorative or ornamented

• something many people believe that is false

• imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination

• a predisposition to like something

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

• marked by correspondence or resemblance

• having the same or similar characteristics

• resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination

• (of words) expressing closely related meanings

• capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability

• having the same or similar characteristics

• equally

• in a like manner