Synonyms: affinity
Definition: a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
Usage: an affinity for politics; the mysterious affinity between them; James's affinity with Sam
Similar words: attraction, attractiveness
Definition: the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts
Usage: her personality held a strange attraction for him
Synonyms: affinity
Definition: inherent resemblance between persons or things
Similar words: resemblance
Definition: similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
Synonyms: affinity, chemical attraction
Definition: the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule
Usage: basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk
Similar words: force
Definition: (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
Usage: force equals mass times acceleration
Synonyms: affinity
Definition: (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
Similar words: attraction, attractive force
Definition: the force by which one object attracts another
Definition: a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
Usage: found a natural affinity with the immigrants; felt a deep kinship with the other students; anthropology's kinship with the humanities
Similar words: relation
Definition: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
Synonyms: affinity, phylogenetic relation
Definition: (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts
Usage: in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans
Similar words: relationship, family relationship, kinship
Definition: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
Synonyms: affinity
Definition: (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship
Similar words: relationship, family relationship, kinship
Definition: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption