affinity

About 7.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
2. noun A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).
3. noun A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.
4. noun The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.
5. noun Any romantic relationship.
6. noun A love interest; a paramour.
7. noun Any passionate love for something.
8. noun Resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock.

Similar words

kinship chemical attraction kinship by marriage phylogenetic relation love affection fondness penchant sympathy marriage

Often followed by

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Word family

affinities