Synonyms and Antonyms of bent
1
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
- the perfect gift for a person of a literary bent
affection, affinity, aptitude, bias, bone, devices, disposition, genius, habitude, impulse, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turn
favor, one-sidedness, partisanship, prejudice
endowment, faculty, flair, genius, gift, knack, talent
addiction, appetite, fancy, fondness, like, liking, preference, taste
forte, speciality, specialty
convention, custom, habit, pattern, practice (also practise), routine, trick, way, wont
eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, kink, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularity
allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, disliking, disrelish, distaste
detachment, impartiality, neutrality, objectivity
apathy, disinterestedness, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern
2
a special and usually inborn ability
- having a decided bent for languages, he picked up Italian in no time
affinity, bias, disposition, habitude, impulse, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turn
ear, eye, mind, nose
feel, hang, instinct, touch, way
capability, competence, facility, proficiency, skill
capacity, potential, power
forte, specialism, speciality, specialty
