Synonyms and Antonyms of leaning
1
a prevailing or general movement or inclination
- the news media are often accused of having liberal leanings
curve, downside, shift, swing, turn, turnabout, upside
custom, habit, propensity, tenor, way
countercurrent, countertrend
undercurrent, undertow
2
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
- despite what his athletic leanings might suggest, he was actually a very lazy kid
affection, affinity, aptitude, bent, bias, bone, devices, disposition, genius, habitude, impulse, inclination, 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
