AFFINITIES Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

affinities

noun

plural of affinity

as in tendencies

a habitual attraction to some activity or thing always had an affinity for nurturing living things

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Recent Examples of affinities Beyond Carrington and Vicuña’s stylistic affinities, Lehmann and Norris pointed out how the reception of the artists’ work has changed over the decades and that both have only been canonized relatively recently. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 With its affinities for isolation and, at times, imposing scale, Land art conjures archaeology and the geological sublime—vast expanses of space and time. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 The looks were presented in pairs to highlight affinities, variations and visual echoes that reflect the designers’ methodology and approach rooted in the principle of duality. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026 The main exhibition, originally staged at Forte Belvedere and moved to the Guggenheim Museum SoHo in New York the following spring, traced a century of relationships, collaborations, and affinities between fashion and art. — Judith Clark, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2026 College football has gone national, abandoning regional affinities and local rivalries. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026 The caucus will join the hundreds of other such groups centered around shared affinities and interests that exist in Congress. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026 The dragons are identical to those seen on screen and each possess unique passive Habit abilities, troop affinities and powerful synergies. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026 In her memoir, Andrews mentions that her children briefly attended UCLA Lab School and that Joanna had affinities for horseback riding and reading. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 23 June 2026

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Noun

Good and bad tendencies overlap and swirl — the Gators, a new property every week.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
Shultz claims Holmes spotted Balwani’s abusive tendencies and clocked him as the perfect fall guy if things went south.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of tendencies

Noun

And a lot of the time, people who have these kinds of inclinations towards children are people who were children who were abused themselves.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
The trustees feared that if something happened to him, his heir apparent, Robert Kahn, would replace him, and it was known that Kahn had Zionistic inclinations.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of inclinations

Noun

For this class, the premise is that your purpose in life lies to the intersection of your values, your aptitudes and your interests.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 6 May 2026
This model reflects Japan’s long-standing corporate culture, which prioritizes new hires for their general potential—their aptitudes and aspirations, as opposed to their current skill sets or university majors—and then trains them on the job.

— GRACIA LIU-FARRER, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2025

Definition of aptitudes

Noun

This significant fact indicates to this writer that the affections of the fair fans seem to be switching from those big strong men who rescue them from all sorts of situations, to an esthetic young chap who can give them a dancing thrill.

— David Hajdu, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
Letts makes the most of his brief screen time as a manipulator whose petty genius lies in creating an artificial scarcity for his affections.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2026

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