'Affinity' definitions:
Definition of 'affinity'
(from WordNet)
noun
(immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
noun
(anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship [ant: blood kinship, cognation, consanguinity]
noun
(biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts; "in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans" [syn: affinity, phylogenetic relation]
noun
A close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; "found a natural affinity with the immigrants"; "felt a deep kinship with the other students"; "anthropology's kinship with the humanities" [syn: affinity, kinship]
noun
The force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule; "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk" [syn: affinity, chemical attraction]
noun
Inherent resemblance between persons or things
noun
A natural attraction or feeling of kinship; "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam"
Definition of 'affinity'
From: Easton
- Affinity relationship by alliance (2 Chr. 18:1) or by marriage (1 Kings 3:1). Marriages are prohibited within certain degrees of affinity, enumerated Lev. 18:6-17. Consanguinity is relationship by blood.
Synonyms of 'affinity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a thing for,
- accord,
- accordance,
- addition,
- adduction,
- adjunct,
- affairs,
- affiliation,
- agape,
- agreement,
- alikeness,
- alliance,
- allurement,
- amity,
- analogy,
- approximation,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- assemblage,
- assent,
- association,
- attractance,
- attraction,
- attractiveness,
- attractivity,
- bag,
- bent,
- bias,
- bond,
- bonds of harmony,
- brotherly love,
- capillarity,
- capillary attraction,
- caritas,
- cast,
- cement of friendship,
- centripetal force,
- charity,
- chorus,
- chosen kind,
- chumminess,
- closeness,
- coherence,
- coincidence,
- combination,
- communion,
- community,
- community of interests,
- comparison,
- compatibility,
- conatus,
- concert,
- concord,
- concordance,
- conduciveness,
- conformance,
- conformation,
- conformity,
- congeneracy,
- congeniality,
- congruence,
- congruency,
- congruity,
- connateness,
- connaturality,
- connaturalness,
- connature,
- connectedness,
- connection,
- consistency,
- consonance,
- consort,
- contiguity,
- contrariety,
- cooperation,
- correspondence,
- cup of tea,
- dealings,
- deduction,
- delight,
- diathesis,
- disjunction,
- disposition,
- drag,
- draw,
- druthers,
- eagerness,
- empathy,
- equivalence,
- esprit,
- esprit de corps,
- familiarity,
- family connection,
- family favor,
- family likeness,
- fancy,
- fascination,
- favor,
- feeling for,
- feeling of identity,
- fellow feeling,
- fellowship,
- filiation,
- fondness,
- frictionlessness,
- friendliness,
- generic resemblance,
- good vibes,
- good vibrations,
- gravitation,
- gravity,
- happy family,
- harmony,
- homology,
- identity,
- inclination,
- inseparableness,
- intercourse,
- intersection,
- intimacy,
- intimate acquaintance,
- junction,
- kinship,
- leaning,
- liability,
- liaison,
- like-mindedness,
- liking,
- link,
- linkage,
- linking,
- love,
- magnetism,
- marital affinity,
- marriage connection,
- marriage relationship,
- mateyness,
- mutual affinity,
- mutual attraction,
- mutuality,
- nearness,
- oneness,
- overlap,
- palliness,
- parallelism,
- partiality,
- particular choice,
- peace,
- penchant,
- personal choice,
- predilection,
- predisposition,
- preference,
- prejudice,
- prepossession,
- probability,
- proclivity,
- proneness,
- propensity,
- propinquity,
- proximity,
- pull,
- pulling power,
- rapport,
- rapprochement,
- readiness,
- reciprocity,
- relatedness,
- relation,
- relations,
- relationship,
- resemblance,
- self-consistency,
- semblance,
- sensitivity to,
- sharing,
- similarity,
- simile,
- similitude,
- soft spot,
- solidarity,
- special affinity,
- style,
- susceptibility,
- symmetry,
- sympathy,
- symphony,
- sync,
- synchronism,
- tally,
- taste,
- team spirit,
- tendency,
- thing,
- tie,
- tie-in,
- timing,
- traction,
- tropism,
- tug,
- turn,
- twist,
- type,
- understanding,
- uniformity,
- union,
- unison,
- unisonance,
- unity,
- warp,
- weakness,
- willingness