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.
  •alliance (noun)
  • co operations,
  • inter relation,
  • co operation,
  • inter relations,
  • inter-relations,
  • inter-relation,
  • fraternizations.
  •attachment (noun)
  • amores,
  • re-gard,
  • possessivenesses,
  • re gards.
  •attraction (noun)
  • appeal,
  • traction,
  • pull,
  • fascination,
  • allure,
  • charm,
  • draw,
  • temptation,
  • gravitation,
  • allurement,
  • lure,
  • magnetism,
  • enticement,
  • attraction,
  • attractiveness.
  •attractive force (noun)
  • appetency,
  • susceptibility,
  • instability.
  •attribute (noun)
  • affinity.
  •belonging (noun)
  • be longing,
  • be-longings,
  • be longings,
  • be-longing.
  •blood relative (noun)
  • kindred,
  • kin.
  •companionship (noun)
  • friendship.
  •compatibility (noun)
  • single-mindedness,
  • singlemindedness,
  • like-mindedness.
  •connection (noun)
  • association,
  • link,
  • correlation,
  • junction.
  •consanguinity (noun)
  • blood relationships,
  • blood-relationships,
  • kindredships,
  • bloodrelationship,
  • bloodrelationships.
  •empathy (noun)
  • community interests,
  • good vibration,
  • community interest,
  • in sights,
  • re-cognition,
  • hitting offs,
  • being same wavelength,
  • in-sight,
  • in-sights,
  • picking ons,
  • cottoning tos,
  • re cognitions,
  • re cognition,
  • picking upon,
  • picking up ons,
  • hitting it offs.
  •friendship (noun)
  • amicability,
  • amiability,
  • congeniality,
  • sociability,
  • chumminess,
  • neighborliness,
  • friendliness,
  • closeness,
  • companionability.
  •harmonization (noun)
  • co,
  • harmonization,
  • cos.
  •harmony (noun)
  • meeting of minds,
  • meeting of mind,
  • rapport.
  •parity (noun)
  • Adequation,
  • equal terms,
  • Coequality.
  •partiality (noun)
  • drutherses,
  • pre dispositions,
  • cup tea,
  • pre-disposition,
  • inclinings,
  • pre-dispositions,
  • pre disposition.
  •penchant (noun)
  • dis position,
  • dis-positions,
  • dis positions,
  • dis-position.
  •rapport (noun)
  • simpatico,
  • the groove,
  • good vibes,
  • same wavelength.
  •relation (noun)
  • hookup,
  • tie-in,
  • interdependence,
  • linkage.
  •relationship (noun)
  • de pendency,
  • de pendencies,
  • pro portion,
  • tieup,
  • pro-portion,
  • de-pendencies,
  • pro portions,
  • pro-portions,
  • ex change,
  • ex changes,
  • de-pendency.
  •resemblance (noun)
  • birds feather,
  • peas in pod,
  • like ofs,
  • comparabilities,
  • co incidences,
  • two a kind,
  • peas a pod,
  • re semblances,
  • re semblance,
  • birds of feather,
  • co-incidences,
  • co-incidence,
  • co incidence,
  • birds a feather,
  • two kind,
  • peas pod,
  • re-semblance,
  • re-semblances,
  • two of kind.
  •semblance (noun)
  • pre tense,
  • pre-tense,
  • pre tenses.
  •similarity (noun)
  • analogy.
  •sympathy (noun)
  • mutual attractions,
  • warmheartednesses,
  • mutual fondnesses.
  •tendency (noun)
  • bias,
  • direction,
  • leaning,
  • trend,
  • bent,
  • propensity,
  • predilection,
  • polarity,
  • proclivity,
  • aptness,
  • tendency,
  • proneness,
  • tenor,
  • predisposition,
  • temperament,
  • disposition,
  • grain,
  • course.
  •tie-in (noun)
  • tie in.
  •unification (noun)
  • coalescence,
  • interlockings,
  • Melding.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • common denominator,
  • convergence,
  • uniformness,
  • pity,
  • Ubuntu,
  • neighborhood,
  • commiseration,
  • compassion,
  • humanity,
  • condolence.
  •
  • identification,
  • uniformity,
  • sentiment.
  •
  • parallel,
  • equilibrium.
  •
  • balance.
  •family relationship
  • fraternity,
  • interconnection,
  • breed,
  • lineage,
  • strain,
  • stock,
  • heritage.

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
    antagonism, separation, difference, disunion.
  • Other antonyms:
    apathy, aversion, detachment, variability, incongruousness, disinterestedness, unconcern, nonchalance, incompatibility, unlikeness, objectivity, indifference, neutrality, Incongruence, disproportion, disagreement, impartiality, variance, allergy, Disrelish, incongruity, insouciance, disfavor, disinclination.

Affinity Sentence Examples:

• When there is no affinity, the transition from one meaning to an other is a very wide step taken.

• In both cases his poetical affinity was with the poets of an earlier day, and his poetical manner something absolutely peculiar to himself.

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.