Affinity Definition
ə-fĭnĭ-tē
affinities
noun
affinities
A natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship.
A special affinity with animals; a cultural affinity for the automobile.
American Heritage
Relationship by marriage.
Webster's New World
A natural tendency or ability to use or do something.
An affinity with languages; an affinity for making money.
American Heritage
Close relationship; connection.
Webster's New World
A natural compatibility of one thing with another.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- kinship
- phylogenetic relation
- adduction
- palliness
- connaturalness
- conduciveness
- mateyness
- connaturality
- chemical attraction
- relation
- rapport
- propensity
- preference
- fellowship
- fancy
Antonyms:
Other Word Forms of Affinity
Noun
Singular:
affinity
Plural:
affinitiesOrigin of Affinity
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Middle English affinite relationship by marriage from Old French afinite from Latin affīnitās from affīnis related by marriage affined
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French affinité.
From Wiktionary
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