Synonyms for adherence
ædˈhɪər əns, -ˈhɛr-ad·her·ence

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1. adherence

   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:
   adhesion, affection, 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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. adherence

   Synonyms:
   adhesion, attachment, devotion, fidelity, cleaving to, constancy, endearment

   Antonyms:
   separation, disunion, unfaithfulness, desertion, treachery

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. attachment, adherence, adhesionnoun

   faithful support for a cause or political party or religion

   "attachment to a formal agenda"; "adherence to a fat-free diet"; "the adhesion of Seville was decisive"

   Synonyms:
   affixation, bond, fastening, adhesiveness, adhesion, attachment, fond regard

2. adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bondnoun

   the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

   "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion"

   Synonyms:
   bail, bond certificate, bond paper, hamper, bail bond, chemical bond, shackle, adhesiveness, attachment, adhesion, trammel, bond, alliance

Matched Categories

1. • Stickiness
   • Support

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. adherencenoun

   Synonyms:
   tenacity, fixedness

2. adherencenoun

   Synonyms:
   attachment, constancy, fidelity, devotion, adhesion

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "adherence":

   accession, adhesion, membership, respect, compliance, observance, accede, acceding, commitment, stickiness, attachment, conformity

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How to use adherence in a sentence?

1. Bruce Neal:

   Two points here : first, while it’s an intuitively appealing finding, it is statistically rather weak, second, good adherence is hard to achieve with current therapeutic options for PAP. If a new, very well-tolerated mode of PAP therapy is identified, it would be really helpful to do a large outcome trial to try and confirm this tantalizing observation.

2. David Mamet:

   The proclamation and repetition of first principles is a constant feature of life in our democracy. Active adherence to these principles, however, has always been considered un-American. We recipients of the boon of liberty have always been ready, when faced with discomfort, to discard any and all first principles of liberty, and, further, to indict those who do not freely join with us in happily arrogating those principles.

3. James Lawler:

   What I think we should really focus on is improving compliance and adherence, this depends on people taking this seriously and doing the right thing.

4. President Barack Obama:

   Fareed Zakaria GPS, does the rest of the world take seriously the United States' ability to craft international agendas, to reach international agreements, to deliver on them in ways that garner the respect and the adherence from other countries?

5. Al Ashry:

   I think physicians should continue to do their due diligence in counseling patients about the importance of adherence to CPAP.