Synonyms for disposition
ˌdɪs pəˈzɪʃ əndis·po·si·tion

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1. disposition

   Appetite is used only of the demands of the physical system, unless otherwise expressly stated, as when we say an appetite for knowledge; passion includes all excitable impulses of our nature, as anger, fear, love, hatred, etc. Appetite is thus more animal than passion; and when we speak of passions and appetites as conjoined or contrasted, we think of the appetites as wholly physical and of the passions as, in part at least, mental or spiritual. We say an appetite for food, a passion for fame. Compare DESIRE.

   Compare ANTIPATHY.

   Synonyms:
   appetency, appetite, craving, desire, impulse, inclination, liking, longing, lust, passion, proclivity, proneness, propensity, relish, thirst, zest

   Antonyms:
   antipathy, aversion, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, distaste, hatred, indifference, loathing, repugnance, repulsion

   Preposition:
   He had an insatiable appetite for the marvellous.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. disposition, temperamentnoun

   your usual mood

   "he has a happy disposition"

   Synonyms:
   disposal, temperament, tendency, inclination

2. disposal, dispositionnoun

   the act or means of getting rid of something

   Synonyms:
   disposal, tendency, garbage disposal, temperament, electric pig, inclination, administration

3. inclination, disposition, tendencynoun

   an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

   "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"

   Synonyms:
   lean, temperament, magnetic dip, angle of dip, list, inclining, magnetic inclination, tilt, inclination, trend, angle of inclination, disposal, dip, inclination of an orbit, leaning, tendency, propensity

4. dispositionnoun

   a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing

   "a swelling with a disposition to rupture"

   Synonyms:
   disposal, temperament, tendency, inclination

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Attitude
   • Nature
   • Property

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1. dispositionnoun

   Synonyms:
   disposing, arranging, arrangement, classification, grouping

2. dispositionnoun

   Synonyms:
   management, regulation, control, direction, ordering, adjustment, disposure, disposal

3. dispositionnoun

   Synonyms:
   tendency, liability, proneness, aptness, adaptation

4. dispositionnoun

   Synonyms:
   temper, inclination, predisposition, propensity, humor, bent, bias, turn

5. dispositionnoun

   Synonyms:
   dispensation, distribution, bestowment

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1. dispositionnoun

   Synonyms:
   temperament, mood, nature, willingness, readiness, inclination, arrangement, disposal, propensity, inclination, proneness, proclivity, bias, bent

   Antonyms:
   indisposition, unwillingness, disinclination

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1. List of paraphrases for "disposition":

   provision, disposal, alienation, elimination, available, liquidation, decision, winding-up, phase-out

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How to use disposition in a sentence?

1. Edmund Burke:

   A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.

2. Stu Scheller:

   They have kind of changed their disposition in the Marine Corps, they’re digging in and they’d like to burn our son Lt. Col. Scheller.

3. Edmund Burke:

   But a good patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition, to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. Everything else is vulgar in the conception, perilous in the execution.

4. Plato:

   He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.

5. Samuel Paparo:

   The consolidated disposition authority will review the evidence and make an independent determination on accountability consistent with the Uniform Code of Military Justice.