Antonyms of noun affinity

1 of 7 senses of affinity

Sense 2
affinity -- ((anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship)
       Antonym of consanguinity (Sense 1)
      => consanguinity, blood kinship, cognation -- ((anthropology) related by blood)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun affinity

7 senses of affinity

Sense 1
affinity -- ((immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody)
       => attraction, attractive force -- (the force by which one object attracts another)

Sense 2
affinity -- ((anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship)
       => kinship, family relationship, relationship -- ((anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption)

Sense 3
affinity, phylogenetic relation -- ((biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts; "in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans")
       => kinship, family relationship, relationship -- ((anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption)

Sense 4
affinity, kinship -- (a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; "found a natural affinity with the immigrants"; "felt a deep kinship with the other students"; "anthropology's kinship with the humanities")
       => relation -- (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)

Sense 5
affinity, chemical attraction -- (the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule; "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk")
       => force -- ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration")

Sense 6
affinity -- (inherent resemblance between persons or things)
       => resemblance -- (similarity in appearance or external or superficial details)

Sense 7
affinity -- (a natural attraction or feeling of kinship; "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam")
       => attraction, attractiveness -- (the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him")