(Music) A system of adjustment of the intervals between the tones of an instrument of fixed intonation: it may be pure temperament, in which the intervals are set exactly according to theory, or equal temperament, as in a piano, in which the pitch of the tones is adjusted slightly to make them suitable for all keys
Relation is the connection between people and things, or the way in which two or more different groups feel about each other or someone who is part of your family as a result of blood or marriage.
Tenor
, equivalent in this connection to
drift
, connotes more strongly the clarity or purport of the unstated purpose or objective the general tenor of the Bill of Rights
Drift
refers either to the course along which something is being carried or driven the drift toward absolute conformity or to a course taken by something that has unstated or unclear implications what is the drift of this argument?
Current
differs from
trend
in connoting a clearly defined course, but one also subject to change the current of one's life
Trend
suggests a general direction, with neither a definite course nor goal, subject to change or fluctuation by some external force a recent trend in literature
Tendency
refers to an inclination or disposition to move in a particular direction or act in a certain way, esp. as a result of some inherent quality or habit he has a tendency toward exaggeration
Find another word for tendency. In this page you can discover 64 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for tendency, like: drift, leaning, proclivity, temperament, inclination, partiality, proneness, diathesis, antagonism, antipathy and bent.
I didn't particularly want to but I've always had a tendency to please.
I can't picture him fighting or picking on anyone, but if I closely consider the signs, I can see his tendency to take advantage of others, if only in a self-serving way.
Bordeaux was a persuasive man with a tendency to move fast - apparently not only with women.
One of Helen's old habits, that is strongest and hardest to correct, is a tendency to break things.
In the skeleton the second and third toes are distinctly more slender than the fourth, showing a tendency towards the character so marked in the following families.