Synonyms for affinity
əˈfɪn ɪ tiaffin·i·ty

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1. affinity

   Analogy is specifically a resemblance of relations; a resemblance that may be reasoned from, so that from the likeness in certain respects we may infer that other and perhaps deeper relations exist. Affinity is a mutual attraction with or without seeming likeness; as, the affinity of iron for oxygen. Coincidence is complete agreement in some one or more respects; there may be a coincidence in time of most dissimilar events. Parity of reasoning is said of an argument equally conclusive on subjects not strictly analogous. Similitude is a rhetorical comparison of one thing to another with which it has some points in common. Resemblance and similarity are external or superficial, and may involve no deeper relation; as, the resemblance of a cloud to a distant mountain. Compare ALLEGORY.

   Synonyms:
   analogy, coincidence, comparison, likeness, parity, proportion, relation, resemblance, semblance, similarity, simile, similitude

   Antonyms:
   disagreement, disproportion, dissimilarity, incongruity, unlikeness

   Preposition:
   The analogy between (or of) nature and revelation; the analogy of sound to light; a family has some analogy with (or to) a state.

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1. affinity

   Synonyms:
   relationship, relation, kindred, conformity, connection, alliance, similarity, analogy, homogeneity, harmony, correlativeness, sympathy, interdependence, interconnection, intercommunity

   Antonyms:
   dissimilarity, discordance, disconnection, independence, antagonism, antipathy, repugnance, interrepulsiveness

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1. affinitynoun

   (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody

   Synonyms:
   chemical attraction, phylogenetic relation, kinship

   Antonyms:
   consanguinity, blood kinship, cognation

2. affinitynoun

   (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship

   Synonyms:
   chemical attraction, phylogenetic relation, kinship

   Antonyms:
   cognation, consanguinity, blood kinship

3. affinity, phylogenetic relationnoun

   (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts

   "in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans"

   Synonyms:
   chemical attraction, phylogenetic relation, kinship

   Antonyms:
   consanguinity, cognation, blood kinship

4. affinity, kinshipnoun

   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:
   family relationship, chemical attraction, phylogenetic relation, relationship, kinship

   Antonyms:
   consanguinity, cognation, blood kinship

5. affinity, chemical attractionnoun

   the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule

   "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk"

   Synonyms:
   chemical attraction, phylogenetic relation, kinship

   Antonyms:
   cognation, blood kinship, consanguinity

6. affinitynoun

   inherent resemblance between persons or things

   Synonyms:
   chemical attraction, phylogenetic relation, kinship

   Antonyms:
   blood kinship, cognation, consanguinity

7. affinitynoun

   a natural attraction or feeling of kinship

   "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam"

   Synonyms:
   chemical attraction, phylogenetic relation, kinship

   Antonyms:
   blood kinship, cognation, consanguinity

Matched Categories

1. • Anthropology
   • Attraction
   • Biology
   • Force
   • Immunology
   • Kinship
   • Relation
   • Resemblance

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1. affinitynoun

   Synonyms:
   relationship (by marriage), KIN, CONSANGUINITY, propinquity

2. affinitynoun

   Synonyms:
   resemblance, likeness, relation, correlation, analogy, connection, similarity, similitude, parallelism, correspondence, parity, sympathy

3. affinitynoun

   Synonyms:
   (Chem.) attraction

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1. List of paraphrases for "affinity":

   kinship

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1. Bob Seger:

   I've covered so much Tom Waits. He's one of my favorite writers. I have a real affinity to how he writes.

2. Kahlil Gibran:

   It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations.

3. Steve Daniels:

   The viewers had an affinity for him, and he was a very trustworthy journalist— he covered politics and covered the world, and brought those stories home to North Carolina in a meaningful way that made the stories make sense, and put it in context for the viewers at home.

4. Eusebius McKaiser:

   The old South African flag symbolizes brute anti-black racism, and its longer colonial history from which it flows, to that extent, the antiquated and divisive symbolism of the Confederate flag in the U.S. finds ideological affinity with the old South African flag. Both flags show off past injustice and neither flag represents the idealism of breaking from divisive pasts in search of new, inclusive realities.

5. Shiva Rajaraman:

   (Users) give us a signal and then machines take that input and effectively use machine-learning models to find out what your tastes are and try to get you to have an affinity for it.