Nouns (7)
affinity
n. a natural attraction or feeling of kinship; "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam"
affinity
n. inherent resemblance between persons or things
affinity
n. (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
chemical attraction
n. the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule; "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk"
kinship
n. 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"
phylogenetic relation
n. (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"
kinship by marriage
n. (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship
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Fuzzynyms (21)
compatibility
n. capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination
accord, rapport
n. sympathetic compatibility
disposition, inclination, tendency
n. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"
taste, preference, predilection, penchant
n. a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"
preference, predilection
n. a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"
similitude, likeness, alikeness
n. similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness"
analogue, analog, parallel
n. something having the property of being analogous to something else
similarity
n. the quality of being similar
correlation, correlativity
n. a reciprocal relation between two or more things
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Antonyms (6)
antipathy, aversion, distaste
n. a feeling of intense dislike
consanguinity, cognation, blood kinship
n. (anthropology) related by blood
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