tendency

Nouns

  • (n) 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
    inclination, disposition,
  • (n) an inclination to do something
    • he felt leanings toward frivolity
    leaning, propensity,
  • (n) 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
    inclination,
  • (n) a general direction in which something tends to move
    • the shoreward tendency of the current
    • the trend of the stock market
    trend,

Synonyms

inclination disposition leaning propensity trend

Words of close approximity