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Synonyms for Affection
əˈfɛk ʃənaf·fec·tion

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Wiktionary4.0 / 1 vote

  1. affectionnoun

    Kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; settled good will.

    Usage note: often in the plural; formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or toward(s); as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children

    Synonyms:
    attachment, passion, fondness, tenderness, kindness, love

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. affection

    An attachment is a feeling that binds a person by ties of heart to another person or thing; we speak of a man's adherence to his purpose, his adhesion to his party, or to anything to which he clings tenaciously, tho with no special tenderness; of his attachment to his church, to the old homestead, or to any persons or objects that he may hold dear. Affection expresses more warmth of feeling; we should not speak of a mother's attachment to her babe, but of her affection or of her devotion. Inclination expresses simply a tendency, which may be good or bad, yielded to or overcome; as, an inclination to study; an inclination to drink. Regard is more distant than affection or attachment, but closer and warmer than esteem; we speak of high esteem, kind regard. Compare ACQUAINTANCE; APPENDAGE; FRIENDSHIP; LOVE; UNION.

    Synonyms:
    adherence, adhesion, attachment, devotion, esteem, esteem, estimation, friendship, inclination, love, regard, tenderness, union

    Antonyms:
    alienation, animosity, antipathy, aversion, coolness, dislike, distance, divorce, enmity, estrangement, indifference, opposition, repugnance, separation, severance

    Preposition:
    Attachment of a true man to his friends; attachment to a leader for his nobility of character; the attachments between two persons or things; attachment by muscular fibers, or by a rope, etc.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. affection

    Synonyms:
    influence, condition, state, inclination, bent, mood, humor, feeling, love, desire, propensity

    Antonyms:
    insensibility, indifference, repugnance, disaffection, repulsion

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philianoun

    a positive feeling of liking

    "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"

    Synonyms:
    affection, rawness, partiality, affectionateness, substance, philia, meat, centre, lovingness, center, tenderness, core, marrow, sum, nerve, ticker, warmth, fancy, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, spirit, softheartedness, gist, tenderheartedness, warmness, inwardness, pith, heart, bosom, pump, essence, mettle, warmheartedness, heart and soul, fondness, soreness, spunk, eye, middle

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. affectionnoun

    Synonyms:
    feeling, passion, inclination, propensity, bent, bias, turn of mind, cast or frame of mind

  2. affectionnoun

    Synonyms:
    attribute, quality, property, accident, modification, mode

  3. affectionnoun

    Synonyms:
    love, heart, attachment, kindness, partiality, fondness, liking, tenderness, endearment, regard, good-will, tender passion

  4. affectionnoun

    Synonyms:
    (Med.) disorder, malady, disease

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "affection":

    condition, ailment, sympathy, tenderness, love, disorder, warmth, disease

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How to use Affection in a sentence?

  1. Nan Fairbrother:

    The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do.

  2. Derik Murray:

    For Heath Ledger fans, I think they are going to love it because they are going to find out so much about him, who he really was, and their affection for Heath will grow, for those who weren't major fans, I think they will find this film inspiring. You will learn that creativity is for all of us, you just need to pick up a camera, pick up a pen, put your finger on your computer, draw, paint or whatever it is.

  3. Norman Lear:

    I think about it, and I want to cry, because it took a great deal of time, respect and affection in both directions. But it existed then, the fact is, time existed for that, and it wasn't( unique) in this world. It was part of a fabric of living these lives. Not today. Not today.

  4. Ethan Lindenberger:

    To combat preventable-disease outbreaks, information is, in my mind, the forefront of this matter. My mother would turn to anti-vaccine groups online and on social media, looking for her evidence in defense rather than health officials and other credible sources. This may seem to be in malice because of the dangers of not vaccinating imposes, but this is not the case. My mother came in the sense of loving her children and being concerned, for certain individuals and organizations that spread misinformation, they instill fear into the public for their own gain selfishly and do so knowing that their information is incorrect. For my mother, her love, affection and care as a parent, was used to push an agenda to create a false distress, and these sources which spread misinformation should be the primary concern of the American people.

  5. Felicia Hermans:

    Deep is a wounded heart, and strong A voice that cries against a mighty wrong And full of death as a hot wind's blight, Doth the ire of a crushed affection light.


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