Synonyms of the word

predilection

• n. Condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.

liking

• v. present participle of like.
• n. A like; a predilection.

orientation

• n. (countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
• n. (countable) The relative physical position or direction of something.
• n. (uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with…
• n. (countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.
• n. (countable) The ability to orient.
• n. (countable) An adjustment to a new environment.
• n. (countable) An introduction to a (new) environment.
• n. (typography, countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
• n. (mathematics, countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively"…

penchant

• n. Taste, liking, or inclination (for).
• n. (card games, uncountable) A card game resembling bezique.
• n. (card games) In the game of penchant, any queen and jack of different suits held at the same time.

predisposition

• n. the state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a disease or other health problem.

preference

• n. The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to…
• n. The option to so select, and the one selected.
• n. The state of being preferred over others.
• n. A strong liking or personal valuation.
• n. A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.
• v. (US) To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.
• n. Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.

taste

• n. One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals (Wikipedia).
• n. (countable and uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary,…
• n. Personal preference; liking; predilection.
• n. (uncountable, figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality…
• n. A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
• v. (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
• v. (intransitive) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavour is distinguished.
• v. To experience.
• v. To take sparingly.
• v. To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
• v. (obsolete) To try by the touch; to handle.