Synonyms for PENCHANT
ˈpɛn tʃənt; (esp. Brit.)Fr. pɑ̃ˈʃɑ̃pen·chant

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1. penchantnoun

   Synonyms:
   desire

2. penchantnoun

   taste, liking, or inclination (for)

   He has a penchant for fine wine.

   Synonyms:
   desire

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1. preference, penchant, predilection, tastenoun

   a strong liking

   "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"

   Synonyms:
   taste perception, predilection, appreciation, taste sensation, druthers, perceptiveness, tasting, gustation, gustatory perception, penchant, taste, preference, sense of taste, orientation, discernment, gustatory sensation, gustatory modality, mouthful

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1. penchantnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Fr.] inclination, bent, propensity, proneness, proclivity, disposition, tendency, turn, leaning, predisposition, liking, fondness, predilection

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1. List of paraphrases for "penchant":

   fondness, propensity, inclination, tilt, hard-on

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1. Taylor Budowich:

   Today, magistrate Judge Reinhard [sic] rejected the DOJ’s cynical attempt to hide the whole affidavit from Americans, no redactions should be necessary and the whole affidavit should bereleased, given the Democrats’ penchant for using redactions to hide government corruption, just like they did with the Russia hoax.

2. Jeremy Lim:

   The detail of the restrictions really reflects the penchant of the Singapore policy makers for precision and desire to control every factor possible.

3. Chris Murphy:

   A general at DoD was especially worrying under Trump, trump had zero foreign policy experience, a penchant to glorify violence, a total neophyte Secretary of State, and an unstable, war mongering former general as NSA.

4. Marco Rubio:

   He is reckless, he's ruthless, he has a penchant for escalation, for taking high risks, confrontational in his foreign policy approach and I think increasingly willing to test the limits of what he can get away with the United States.

5. Paul Lindsay:

   It's less than the figure they quote, but we'll cut Marco some slack since we know he has a penchant for not being able to add up expenses very well, we are very prepared for March and believe Jeb will be in a strong position at the end of February.