affinity synonyms

affinity

n.

  1. Natural liking or attraction

    fondness, liking, sympathy, proclivity; see affection 1, agreement 2, inclination 1.

  2. Family relationship

    kinship, relation, relationship, bond, tie, connection, consanguinity, alliance, blood tie, association, attachment, union, propinquity, relationship by marriage, interconnection, parentage, fraternity, strain, lineage, heritage, agnation, cognation, breed, stock, affiliation.

  3. Attractive force

    attraction, magnetism, magnetization, ionization, appetency, combining power, instability, susceptibility, attractivity, elective affinity, chemical affinity, valence.

  4. Similarity

    likeness, resemblance, correspondence; see similarity.

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