AFFINITY Synonyms

• the state of being allied or confederated

• a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest

• an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

• a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim

• the act of forming an alliance or confederation

• a formal organization of people or groups of people

• the act of consorting with or joining with others

• the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination

• the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

• a social or business relationship

• a relation resulting from interaction or dependence

• (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding

• (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species

• United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940)

• an electrical force linking atoms

• British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming

• a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal

• a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest

• (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial

• a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

• a connection that fastens things together

• a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents

• the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

• stick to firmly

• create social or emotional ties

• issue bonds on

• bring together in a common cause or emotion

• a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)

• the state of being connected

• an instrumentality that connects

• (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)

• the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

• a connecting shape

• a supplier (especially of narcotics)

• shifting from one form of transportation to another

• the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)

• a reciprocal relation between two or more things

• a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation)

• a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other

• the means of connection between things linked in series

• a fastener that serves to join or connect

• the state of being connected

• a connecting shape

• a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain

• (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list

• a channel for communication between groups

• a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network

• an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data

• make a logical or causal connection

• connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

• be or become joined or united or linked

• link with or as with a yoke

• a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people

• a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)

• a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)

• a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

• (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

• the quality of being similar

• a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit

• the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule

• (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts