Affinity

Definition:

  • (n.) Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between.
  • (n.) Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.
  • (n.) Companionship; acquaintance.
  • (n.) That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction.
  • (n.) A relation between species or highe/ groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origin.
  • (n.) A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.

Compare affinity with other words:

affinity vs. infinity

affinity vs. devotion

affinity vs. bullshit

affinity vs. interest

affinitive vs. affinity

affinity vs. liking

affinity vs. harmony

affinity vs. fidelity

affinity vs. fondness

affinity vs. love

affinity vs. efficacy

affinity vs. closeness

affection vs. affinity

affinity vs. proclivity

affinity vs. sympathy

affinity vs. akin

affinity vs. analogous

affinity vs. sympathetically

affinity vs. penchant

affinity vs. ardent

affinity vs. hydrophobic

affinal vs. affinity

affinity vs. relationship

affinity vs. sib

affinity vs. cache

affinity vs. frequency

affinity vs. symmetric

affinity vs. task

affinity vs. bond

affinity vs. atom

affinity vs. force

affinity vs. attractive

affinity vs. stock

affinity vs. mineral

affinity vs. origin

affinity vs. population

affinity vs. resemblance

affinity vs. relate

affinity vs. manner

affinity vs. fact

affinity vs. kinswoman

affinity vs. kinsman

affinity vs. sister

affinity vs. kinship

affinity vs. attraction

affinity vs. alliance

affinity vs. identify

affinity vs. consanguinity

affinity vs. link

affinity vs. kin

affinity vs. dye

affinity vs. substantive