affinity

n. இன உறவு, உறவு, சுற்றம், திருமண மூலமான உறவு, இனமொழிகிளடையே காணப்படும் அடிப்படை அமைப்பு ஒப்புமை, பண்பின் ஒருமைப்பாடு, குடும்பப் பொதுச்சாயல், விருப்பம், கவர்ச்சி, (வேதி.) நாட்டம், இணைப்பீர்ப்பு, தனிமங்க்ள வேறு சில தனிமங்களுடன் இணையும் பாங்கு.

Synonyms

relationship relation kindred conformity connection alliance similarity analogy homogeneity harmony correlativeness sympathy interdependence interconnection intercommunity

Antonyms

dissimilarity discordance disconnection independence antagonism antipathy repugnance interrepulsiveness

Af*fin"i*ty, n.; pl. Affinities(#). Etym: [OF. afinité, F. affinité, L. affinites, fr. affinis. See Affined.] 1. Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between. Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh. 1 Kings iii. 1. 2. Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages. There is a close affinity between imposture and credulity. Sir G. C. Lewis. 2. Companionship; acquaintance. [Obs.] About forty years past, I began a happy affinity with William Cranmer. Burton. 4. (Chem.) Defn: That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction. 5. (Nat. Hist.) Defn: A relation between species or highe 6. (Spiritualism) Defn: A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.

affinity - Similar Words

affiant affinitive affability salinity latinity infinity finitely finality feminity vanity