affinity
English Thesaurus
1. a natural attraction or feeling of kinship (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | attraction, attractiveness, |
| definition | : | the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts (noun.attribute) |
2. inherent resemblance between persons or things (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | resemblance, |
| definition | : | similarity in appearance or external or superficial details (noun.attribute) |
3. the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule (noun.phenomenon)
| hypernym | : | force, |
| definition | : | (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity (noun.phenomenon) |
4. (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody (noun.phenomenon)
| domain category | : | immunology, |
| definition | : | the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system (noun.cognition) |
5. a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character (noun.linkdef)
| hypernym | : | relation, |
| definition | : | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together (noun.tops) |
| hyponym | : | rapport, resonance, |
| definition | : | a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people (noun.linkdef) |
| hyponym | : | sympathy, |
| definition | : | a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other (noun.linkdef) |
6. (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts (noun.linkdef)
7. (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship (noun.linkdef)
| hyponym | : | steprelationship, |
| definition | : | a family relationship by virtue of remarriage (noun.linkdef) |
| domain category | : | anthropology, |
| definition | : | the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | affinal, affine, |
| definition | : | (anthropology) related by marriage (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | affinal, affine, |
| definition | : | (anthropology) related by marriage (adj.all) |
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