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Synonyms for affection
əˈfɛk ʃənaf·fec·tion
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Wiktionary
affectionnoun
Kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; settled good will.
Usage note: often in the plural; formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or toward(s); as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children
Synonyms:
attachment, passion, fondness, tenderness, kindness, love
English Synonyms and Antonyms
affection
An attachment is a feeling that binds a person by ties of heart to another person or thing; we speak of a man's adherence to his purpose, his adhesion to his party, or to anything to which he clings tenaciously, tho with no special tenderness; of his attachment to his church, to the old homestead, or to any persons or objects that he may hold dear. Affection expresses more warmth of feeling; we should not speak of a mother's attachment to her babe, but of her affection or of her devotion. Inclination expresses simply a tendency, which may be good or bad, yielded to or overcome; as, an inclination to study; an inclination to drink. Regard is more distant than affection or attachment, but closer and warmer than esteem; we speak of high esteem, kind regard. Compare ACQUAINTANCE; APPENDAGE; FRIENDSHIP; LOVE; UNION.
Synonyms:
adherence, adhesion, attachment, devotion, esteem, esteem, estimation, friendship, inclination, love, regard, tenderness, unionAntonyms:
alienation, animosity, antipathy, aversion, coolness, dislike, distance, divorce, enmity, estrangement, indifference, opposition, repugnance, separation, severancePreposition:
Attachment of a true man to his friends; attachment to a leader for his nobility of character; the attachments between two persons or things; attachment by muscular fibers, or by a rope, etc.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
affection
Synonyms:
influence, condition, state, inclination, bent, mood, humor, feeling, love, desire, propensityAntonyms:
insensibility, indifference, repugnance, disaffection, repulsion
Princeton's WordNet
affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philianoun
a positive feeling of liking
"he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"
Synonyms:
rawness, partiality, affectionateness, substance, philia, meat, centre, lovingness, center, tenderness, core, marrow, sum, nerve, ticker, warmth, fancy, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, spirit, softheartedness, gist, tenderheartedness, warmness, inwardness, pith, heart, bosom, pump, essence, mettle, warmheartedness, heart and soul, fondness, soreness, spunk, eye, middle
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
affectionnoun
Synonyms:
feeling, passion, inclination, propensity, bent, bias, turn of mind, cast or frame of mindaffectionnoun
Synonyms:
attribute, quality, property, accident, modification, modeaffectionnoun
Synonyms:
love, heart, attachment, kindness, partiality, fondness, liking, tenderness, endearment, regard, good-will, tender passionaffectionnoun
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#111 | state | |
#216 | center | |
#370 | love | |
#824 | centre | |
#889 | heart | |
#1067 | condition | |
#1106 | union | |
#1141 | middle | |
#1351 | disease | |
#1566 | eye | |
#1617 | core | |
#2181 | spirit | |
#2935 | feeling | |
#2943 | influence | |
#3505 | kernel | |
#3601 | sum | |
#3876 | regard | |
#3877 | pump | |
#3971 | humor | |
#4015 | desire | |
#4041 | meat | |
#4187 | attachment | |
#4308 | substance | |
#4973 | passion | |
#5268 | disorder | |
#5454 | mood | |
#6595 | friendship | |
#6823 | fancy | |
#7805 | essence | |
#8377 | nerve | |
#8965 | estimation | |
#9861 | sympathy | |
#9985 | bent | |
#12073 | esteem | |
#12558 | ticker | |
#13564 | warmth | |
#14560 | marrow | |
#15279 | kindness | |
#15988 | affection | |
#16050 | devotion | |
#17967 | adhesion | |
#18143 | adherence | |
#23687 | inclination | |
#26713 | tenderness | |
#30056 | propensity | |
#32051 | bosom | |
#32803 | gist | |
#44610 | spunk | |
#48084 | fondness | |
#50896 | ailment | |
#51700 | soreness | |
#65586 | mettle | |
#66952 | partiality | |
#69995 | pith | |
#70251 | nub | |
#151099 | rawness | |
#194780 | philia | |
#244606 | inwardness | |
#315244 | warmness |
How to use affection in a sentence?
In this scenario, I looked at animals that traditionally are domestic animals that you keep in your house, animals that you develop affection for, i don’t mean any disrespect to ferrets, but let them argue on their own merits.
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection The above quote does not seem to be said by Buddha
The choicest thing this world has for a man is affection.
I will always have tremendous affection and respect for him despite the fact that -- because of a weird quirk of fate -- we ended up running for the same office at the same time, i did not run for president to stop Jeb Bush. I ran for president because I believe that America's greatest days lie ahead if we do what needs to be done right now in 2016.
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn:
One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.
Translations for affection
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- عاطفةArabic
- обич, привързаностBulgarian
- afecte, afeccióCatalan, Valencian
- pocit, afekt, emoceCzech
- kærlighedDanish
- Rührung, ZuneigungGerman
- πάθηση, ασθένεια, στοργή, συγκίνηση, τρυφερότηταGreek
- korinklinoEsperanto
- cariñoSpanish
- محبتPersian
- vahingoittuneisuus, liikuttaminen, kiintymys, vaiva, mieltymys, affektio, tuntemus, vaikuttaminen, tauti, tunne, liikutus, ominaisuus, mielenliikutus, vahingoittaminenFinnish
- affectionFrench
- geanIrish
- tlachd, rùnScottish Gaelic
- חיבהHebrew
- स्नेहHindi
- vonzalomHungarian
- ջերմությու� Armenian
- kasih sayangIndonesian
- affettoItalian
- אַהֲבָהHebrew
- 愛情Japanese
- ವಾತ್ಸಲ್ಯKannada
- 애정Korean
- affectioLatin
- ietekme, pieķeršanās, afekts, mīlestība, ietekmēšanaLatvian
- matihereMāori
- affectieDutch
- kjærlighetNorwegian
- uczuciePolish
- afeto, afeição, afecçãoPortuguese
- afecţiuneRomanian
- любо́вь, привя́занность, эмоция, не́жностьRussian
- tillgivenhetSwedish
- பாசம்Tamil
- మమత, అనురాగంTelugu
- ความรักThai
- meyil, duygulanmak, eğilim, duygusal yakınlıkTurkish
- прихильністьUkrainian
- پیارUrdu
- sự yêu mếnVietnamese
- ליבשאַפטYiddish
- 感情Chinese
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