Definition for Affinity:

• a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; " found a natural affinity with the immigrants"; " felt a deep kinship with the other students"; " anthropology's kinship with the humanities"

Synonyms for Affinity:

• n.

  •
  • consciousness,
  • fondness,
  • sensitivity,
  • lore,
  • Familiarity,
  • knowledge,
  • awareness,
  • experience,
  • information,
  • expertise.
  •
  • correspondence,
  • condolences,
  • same,
  • understanding.
  •
  • overlap.
  •affinity (noun)
  • kinship.
  •agreement (noun)
  • conformation.
  •attraction (noun)
  • appeal,
  • traction,
  • pull,
  • fascination,
  • allure,
  • charm,
  • draw,
  • temptation,
  • gravitation,
  • allurement,
  • lure,
  • magnetism,
  • enticement,
  • attraction,
  • attractiveness.
  •attractive force (noun)
  • appetency,
  • susceptibility,
  • instability.
  •blood relative (noun)
  • kindred,
  • kin.
  •companionship (noun)
  • friendship.
  •compatibility (noun)
  • like-mindedness.
  •connection (noun)
  • association,
  • link,
  • correlation,
  • junction.
  •friendship (noun)
  • amicability,
  • amiability,
  • congeniality,
  • sociability,
  • chumminess,
  • neighborliness,
  • friendliness,
  • closeness,
  • companionability.
  •harmony (noun)
  • rapport.
  •interrelationship (noun)
  • interrelationship.
  •liking or inclination toward something (noun)
  • cup of tea,
  • thing,
  • cotton,
  • weakness,
  • same wavelength,
  • simpatico,
  • leaning.
  •rapport (noun)
  • good vibes.
  •relation (noun)
  • hookup,
  • interconnection,
  • tie-in,
  • interdependence,
  • linkage.
  •similarity (noun)
  • analogy.
  •tendency (noun)
  • direction,
  • trend,
  • course,
  • disposition,
  • tendency,
  • aptness,
  • proneness,
  • propensity,
  • polarity,
  • grain,
  • predisposition,
  • bias,
  • predilection,
  • tenor,
  • bent,
  • proclivity,
  • temperament.

Paraphrases for Affinity:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    kinship, affection, togetherness, attachment, commonality, sympathy, identity, fondness, solidarity, propensity.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    affiliation, allegiance, relationship, relatedness.

Antonyms for Affinity:

• n.

  • liking or inclination toward something
    dislike, hatred, dissimilarity, hate.
  • linkdef
    consanguinity.
  • similarity
    unlikeness, separation, antagonism, disagreement, disunion, difference.
  • Other antonyms:
    detachment, objectivity, aversion, unlikeness, incongruity, apathy, disproportion, indifference, disinterestedness, disagreement, insouciance, variability, allergy, dissimilarity, incongruousness, nonchalance, dislike, impartiality, disinclination, variance, disfavor, incompatibility, Disrelish, Incongruence, neutrality, unconcern.

Homophones for Affinity:

• Ab Initio, abeyant, abominate, affiant, above-named, affined, appointee, abient, append, aphanite, appoint, au fond, abound, appointed.

Hypernym for Affinity:

• n.

  • linkdef
    steprelationship.

Hyponym for Affinity:

• n.

  • attribute
    attraction, resemblance, attractiveness.
  • linkdef
    family relationship, relationship, kinship.
  • phenomenon
    attractive force, attraction.