Skip to content

liking

/ˈlaɪkɪŋ/noun2 syllables

Liking means: a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment.

Synonyms for liking1

also used for liking

predilection

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opposites of liking

dislike

What does liking mean?1

noun

1

a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment“I've always had a liking for reading”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with liking?4

Show 40 near rhymes
tryinguniteddecidedwritingprovidedfightingdrivingfindingbuyingprovidingflyinglyingdyingcryingminingexcitingirishrisingridingdividedsigningfindingshidinglightingtimingsurprisingfiringapplyingdescribinghiringlightningwirelessremindedunderlyingarrivingsmilingbindingdiningclimbingdeciding

Liking in a sentence

  • If you have no liking for modern music, you will not enjoy this concert.CM
  • If it's not to your liking, tell me.sundown
  • If the weather is not to your liking, wait for quarter of an hour.sundown
  • The coffee was not much to my liking.MrShoval
  • I developed a liking for booze and became an alcoholic.Nuel
  • I can't help liking him in spite of his many faults.CK
  • That man is too boastful for my liking.Luornu
  • I'm pretty used to people not liking me.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of liking

as a noun

plural
likings