Synonyms and Antonyms of affinity
1
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
- always had an affinity for nurturing living things
affection, aptitude, bent, bias, bone, devices, disposition, genius, habitude, impulse, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turn
favor, one-sidedness, partisanship, prejudice
endowment, faculty, flair, genius, gift, knack, talent
addiction, appetite, fancy, fondness, like, liking, preference, taste
forte, speciality, specialty
convention, custom, habit, pattern, practice (also practise), routine, trick, way, wont
eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, kink, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularity
allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, disliking, disrelish, distaste
detachment, impartiality, neutrality, objectivity
apathy, disinterestedness, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern
2
the fact or state of having something in common
- a study showing an affinity between obesity and socioeconomic status
correlation, interrelation
materiality, pertinence, relevance
bond, link, tie
affiliation, alliance, union
identicalness, sameness
alikeness, community, likeness, resemblance, similarity
accordance, agreement, conformity, congruity, correspondence
