Definition for Fondness:

• Doting affection; tender liking; strong appetite, propensity, or relish; as, he had a fondness for truffles.

Synonyms for Fondness:

• n.

  •
  • connect,
  • loyalty.
  •
  • appetite,
  • like.
  •admiration (noun)
  • re-cognition,
  • prizings,
  • de light,
  • re cognition,
  • de-lights,
  • valuings,
  • re cognitions,
  • marvelings,
  • re-cognitions,
  • de lights,
  • de-light.
  •affection (noun)
  • sentiment,
  • respect,
  • friendship,
  • warmth.
  •affectionateness (noun)
  • affectionateness.
  •affinity (noun)
  • same wavelengths,
  • drutherses,
  • simpaticos,
  • cup tea,
  • good vibration.
  •amorousness (noun)
  • enamorednesses.
  •appetite (noun)
  • Propensities,
  • zeal,
  • big eyes,
  • gluttony,
  • Gluttonies.
  •attachment (noun)
  • amores,
  • possessivenesses.
  •bent on (noun)
  • bent.
  •desire (noun)
  • thirst,
  • eagerness,
  • amorousness,
  • Ardency,
  • yearning,
  • itch,
  • covetousness,
  • longing,
  • wish,
  • hope,
  • acquisitiveness,
  • need,
  • hunger,
  • craving,
  • lust,
  • expectation,
  • greed,
  • urge.
  •devotion (noun)
  • in-tensities,
  • in tensities,
  • in-tensity,
  • devotements,
  • in tensity,
  • devotednesses.
  •fancy (noun)
  • pie the sky,
  • pie in sky,
  • envisagements,
  • romancings,
  • envisionings,
  • pie sky,
  • eyes fors.
  •feeling (noun)
  • fondness,
  • sensitivities,
  • empathy.
  •fondness (noun)
  • tenderness,
  • heart,
  • affection,
  • warmheartedness.
  •friendship (noun)
  • Comities,
  • comity,
  • amicabilities,
  • amicability,
  • favoritism.
  •passion (noun)
  • emotings.
  •predilection (noun)
  • inclinings.
  •regard (noun)
  • re-gard,
  • re gards,
  • re gard,
  • re-gards.
  •relish (noun)
  • enjoyings,
  • sapidities.
  •tenderness (noun)
  • lovingnesses,
  • softheartednesses.
  •weakness (noun)
  • chink in armor,
  • invalidity,
  • inconstancies,
  • sore point,
  • weak point,
  • powerlessness,
  • inconstancy,
  • invalidities,
  • vitiation,
  • faintness.
  •weak point (noun)
  • weak-point.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • preference.

Paraphrases for Fondness:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    affection.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    liking.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    likes, affinity, favourite, weakness.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    penchant, predilection, preference, taste, propensity, inclination, love, hobby.

Antonyms for Fondness:

• n.

  • liking or taste for
    indifference, dislike, loathing, animosity, hatred, ill will, hate, antipathy.
  • Other antonyms:
    rancor, hostility, antagonism, unconcern, apathy, misanthropy, enmity.

Fondness Sentence Examples:

• Lloyd Osbourne, then a boy of twelve, had rather more than the usual boy's fondness for stories of the sea.

• Christopher looked after her a moment doubtfully, but her strange fondness for walking in the rain was well known and he had no reason or right to stop her.

Hyponym for Fondness:

• n.

  • feeling
    liking.