English noun: disposition |
| 1. | disposition (attribute) your usual mood |
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| Samples | He has a happy disposition.
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| Synonyms | temperament |
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| Broader (hypernym) | nature |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | agreeability, agreeableness, aloneness, animalism, blood, bloodiness, bloodthirstiness, calm, calmness, composure, disagreeableness, discomposure, epicurism, equanimity, esprit de corps, friendliness, good nature, gourmandism, heart, ill nature, involuntariness, loneliness, lonesomeness, moodiness, morale, nervousness, optimism, perfectionism, permissiveness, pessimism, physicality, restrictiveness, solitariness, spirit, team spirit, tolerance, unfriendliness, unpermissiveness, unsociability, unsociableness, unwillingness, willingness |
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| Part holonym | cheer, cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine, uncheerfulness |
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| Attribute | unwilling, willing |
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| 2. | disposition (act) the act or means of getting rid of something |
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| Synonyms | disposal |
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| Broader (hypernym) | act, deed, human action, human activity |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | abandonment, appointment, comb-out, giving, lending, loaning, mine disposal, sewage disposal |
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| 3. | disposition (cognition) an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others |
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| Samples | He had an inclination to give up too easily.
A tendency to be too strict.
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| Synonyms | inclination, tendency |
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| Broader (hypernym) | attitude, mental attitude |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bent, Call, denominationalism, devices, direction, disapproval, disfavor, disfavour, dislike, drift, favor, favoritism, favour, favouritism, impartiality, leaning, literalism, movement, nonpartisanship, partiality, partisanship, perseveration, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, set, sympathy, trend, understanding |
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| 4. | disposition (attribute) a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing |
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| Samples | A swelling with a disposition to rupture.
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| Broader (hypernym) | property |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | aptness, inclination, mordacity, predisposition, proneness, propensity, separatism, tendency |
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