Affinity

//əˈfɪnɪti//

Synonyms for "affinity" (226 found)

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Closest matches (46)

Strong matches (67)

Related words (113)

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Translations

102 translations across 26 languages.

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Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • आत्मीयता noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • афините́т noun (chemistry: attraction between atoms)
  • афините́т noun (medicine: attraction between an antibody and an antigen)

Catalan

3 entries
  • afinitat noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)
  • afinitat noun (family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity)
  • afinitat noun (chemistry: attraction between atoms)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 親和力 /亲和力 noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)

Czech

1 entries
  • švagrovství noun (family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity)

Dutch

2 entries
  • affiniteit noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)
  • welgezindheid noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • afineco noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)

Finnish

4 entries
  • affiniteetti noun (chemistry: attraction between atoms)
  • affiniteetti noun (medicine: attraction between an antibody and an antigen)
  • lankous noun (family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity)
  • mieltymys noun (romantic relationship)

French

4 entries
  • affinité noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)
  • affinité noun (family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity)
  • affinité noun (chemistry: attraction between atoms)
  • affinité noun (medicine: attraction between an antibody and an antigen)

German

4 entries
  • Affinität noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)
  • Affinität noun (chemistry: attraction between atoms)
  • Affinität noun (medicine: attraction between an antibody and an antigen)
  • Schwägerschaft noun (family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity)

Hindi

1 entries
  • आत्मीयता noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • affinitás noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)
  • affinitás noun (chemistry: attraction between atoms)
  • affinitás noun (medicine: attraction between an antibody and an antigen)
  • fogékonyság noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • afinitas noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)
  • afinitas noun (chemistry: attraction between atoms)
  • afinitas noun (medicine: attraction between an antibody and an antigen)

Irish

1 entries
  • cleamhnas noun (family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity)

Italian

2 entries
  • affinità noun (chemistry: attraction between atoms)
  • affinità noun (medicine: attraction between an antibody and an antigen)

Japanese

2 entries
  • アフィニティ noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)
  • 親和性 noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)

Latin

1 entries
  • affīnitās noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)

Polish

3 entries
  • bliskość noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)
  • powinowactwo noun (family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity)
  • powinowactwo noun (kinsman or kinswoman of such relationship)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • afim noun (kinsman or kinswoman of such relationship)
  • afinidade noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)
  • afinidade noun (family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity)
  • afinidade noun (passionate love for something)

Romanian

4 entries
  • afinitate noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)
  • afinitate noun (family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity)
  • afinitate noun (romantic relationship)
  • afinitate noun (passionate love for something)

Russian

4 entries
  • аффините́т noun (chemistry: attraction between atoms)
  • аффините́т noun (medicine: attraction between an antibody and an antigen)
  • бли́зость noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)
  • влече́ние noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • afinìtēt noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)
  • afinìtēt noun (passionate love for something)
  • sklȍnōst noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)
  • sròdstvo noun (family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity)

Spanish

4 entries
  • afinidad noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)
  • afinidad noun (passionate love for something)
  • afinidad noun (chemistry: attraction between atoms)
  • afinidad noun (medicine: attraction between an antibody and an antigen)

Swedish

1 entries
  • samhörighet noun (family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity)

Turkish

4 entries
  • alaka noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)
  • alaka noun (chemistry: attraction between atoms)
  • ilgi noun (natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing)
  • ilgi noun (chemistry: attraction between atoms)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מחותּנישאַפֿט noun (family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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This case has an affinity with that one.

Source: tatoeba (58987)

The second is the affinity with environment. By utilizing natural energy and reducing wastes, we have to make houses which harmonize with ecology.

Source: tatoeba (276053)

They feel a strange affinity with each other.

Source: tatoeba (307578)

I feel a strong affinity for her.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.