Faculty
Faculty noun - A special and usually inborn ability.
Usage example: even when he was still at a young age, John Singleton Copley's artistic faculties were readily recognizable
Penchant
Penchant noun - A habitual attraction to some activity or thing.
Usage example: a penchant for sitting by the window and staring moodily off into space
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- inclination and faculty
- inclination and penchant
- bent and faculty
- bent and penchant
- knack and faculty
- knack and penchant
- talent and faculty
- talent and penchant
- predilection and faculty
- predilection and penchant
- propensity and faculty
- propensity and penchant
- proclivity and faculty
- proclivity and penchant
How words are described
| big | big faculty | big penchant |
Both words in one sentence
- Ultron is... rather adamant on how he's nothing like Tony, and yet he's a snarky, drama queen narcissist with a shaky moral compass and a penchant for classic mad scientist cliches who has notable faculty with machines.
Source: Not So Different / Film
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Penchant and Faculty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/faculty/penchant
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