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Synonyms for affection
əˈfɛk ʃənaf·fec·tion
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Wiktionary
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 Antonyms
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, unionAntonyms:
alienation, animosity, antipathy, aversion, coolness, dislike, distance, divorce, enmity, estrangement, indifference, opposition, repugnance, separation, severancePreposition:
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 Antonyms
affection
Synonyms:
influence, condition, state, inclination, bent, mood, humor, feeling, love, desire, propensityAntonyms:
insensibility, indifference, repugnance, disaffection, repulsion
Princeton's WordNet
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:
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
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
affectionnoun
Synonyms:
feeling, passion, inclination, propensity, bent, bias, turn of mind, cast or frame of mindaffectionnoun
Synonyms:
attribute, quality, property, accident, modification, modeaffectionnoun
Synonyms:
love, heart, attachment, kindness, partiality, fondness, liking, tenderness, endearment, regard, good-will, tender passionaffectionnoun
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#111 | state | |
#216 | center | |
#370 | love | |
#824 | centre | |
#889 | heart | |
#1067 | condition | |
#1106 | union | |
#1141 | middle | |
#1351 | disease | |
#1566 | eye | |
#1617 | core | |
#2181 | spirit | |
#2935 | feeling | |
#2943 | influence | |
#3505 | kernel | |
#3601 | sum | |
#3876 | regard | |
#3877 | pump | |
#3971 | humor | |
#4015 | desire | |
#4041 | meat | |
#4187 | attachment | |
#4308 | substance | |
#4973 | passion | |
#5268 | disorder | |
#5454 | mood | |
#6595 | friendship | |
#6823 | fancy | |
#7805 | essence | |
#8377 | nerve | |
#8965 | estimation | |
#9861 | sympathy | |
#9985 | bent | |
#12073 | esteem | |
#12558 | ticker | |
#13564 | warmth | |
#14560 | marrow | |
#15279 | kindness | |
#15988 | affection | |
#16050 | devotion | |
#17967 | adhesion | |
#18143 | adherence | |
#23687 | inclination | |
#26713 | tenderness | |
#30056 | propensity | |
#32051 | bosom | |
#32803 | gist | |
#44610 | spunk | |
#48084 | fondness | |
#50896 | ailment | |
#51700 | soreness | |
#65586 | mettle | |
#66952 | partiality | |
#69995 | pith | |
#70251 | nub | |
#151099 | rawness | |
#194780 | philia | |
#244606 | inwardness | |
#315244 | warmness |
How to use affection in a sentence?
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.
I think it's been presented but I don't have any of the details right now. He's got a very, very big schedule...but we'd love to have him over here, his mother was born here so he has a great affection for this country.
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.
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.
The reason I am being attacked is that most polls show me beating him by 10 to 15 points, i am not at all surprised I have become the object of his affection and attention.
Translations for affection
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- عاطفةArabic
- обич, привързаностBulgarian
- afecte, afeccióCatalan, Valencian
- pocit, afekt, emoceCzech
- kærlighedDanish
- Rührung, ZuneigungGerman
- πάθηση, ασθένεια, στοργή, συγκίνηση, τρυφερότηταGreek
- korinklinoEsperanto
- cariñoSpanish
- محبتPersian
- vahingoittuneisuus, liikuttaminen, kiintymys, vaiva, mieltymys, affektio, tuntemus, vaikuttaminen, tauti, tunne, liikutus, ominaisuus, mielenliikutus, vahingoittaminenFinnish
- affectionFrench
- geanIrish
- tlachd, rùnScottish Gaelic
- חיבהHebrew
- स्नेहHindi
- vonzalomHungarian
- ջերմությու� Armenian
- kasih sayangIndonesian
- affettoItalian
- אַהֲבָהHebrew
- 愛情Japanese
- ವಾತ್ಸಲ್ಯKannada
- 애정Korean
- affectioLatin
- ietekme, pieķeršanās, afekts, mīlestība, ietekmēšanaLatvian
- matihereMāori
- affectieDutch
- kjærlighetNorwegian
- uczuciePolish
- afeto, afeição, afecçãoPortuguese
- afecţiuneRomanian
- любо́вь, привя́занность, эмоция, не́жностьRussian
- tillgivenhetSwedish
- பாசம்Tamil
- మమత, అనురాగంTelugu
- ความรักThai
- meyil, duygulanmak, eğilim, duygusal yakınlıkTurkish
- прихильністьUkrainian
- پیارUrdu
- sự yêu mếnVietnamese
- ליבשאַפטYiddish
- 感情Chinese
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