affinity

affinity is a 8-letter English word with 13 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 17 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.
3. noun. Companionship; acquaintance.
4. noun. 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.
5. noun. A relation between species or highe/ groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origin.
6. noun. 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.
7. noun. a natural attraction or feeling of kinship

   "an affinity for politics"

   "the mysterious affinity between them"

8. noun. inherent resemblance between persons or things
9. noun. the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule

   "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk"

10. noun. (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
11. 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"

    Synonyms: kinship

12. 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"

13. noun. (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship

Synonyms

kinship

Common word forms

affinities

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