tendency

Meaning

1. A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
2. An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.

Synonyms

inclination

trend

propensity

proclivity

disposition

leaning

bias

current

aptness

direction

predisposition

predilection

partiality

penchant

disposal

proneness

bent

preference

drive

drift

aptitude

nature

flair

orientation

aspiration

slant

attitude

striving

character

exposure

tend

bearing

course

movement

deviation

desire

prejudice

luck

🍀

manner

mood

opportunity

partisanship

pitch

preconception

prone

run

set

sign

situation

slope

smack

strain

stream

suitability

suspicion

temperament

tendencies

thrust

tide

tilt

tipping

torque

unfairness

way

will

wind

yearning

affection

philosophical system

tend incline

ability

disposedness

acclivity

affinity

appetence

aspect

bend

cant

capableness

careen

characteristic

conjugation

context

deflection

deportment

diathesis

dispositions

efficiency

facility

flexion

fondness

form

gradient

grain

guide

hand

✋

hang

heading

hobbies

idiosyncrasy

inflection

inflexion

instinct

intention

interest

lay

lines

list

Hyphenated as

ten‧den‧cy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛn.dən.si/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tendentia, from tendō.