affinities
Definitions
Noun
- (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
- (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship
- (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts
- A close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
- The force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule
- Inherent resemblance between persons or things
- A natural attraction or feeling of kinship
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "affinities".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | facilities | 4 | 100 |
| 2 | authorities | 4 | 39 |
| 3 | commodities | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | necessities | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | assemblies | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | velocities | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | capacities | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | monopolies | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | analogies | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | academies | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | authority's | 4 | 3 |
| 12 | majorities | 4 | 3 |
| 13 | fatalities | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | philosophies | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | anomalies | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | calamities | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | maturities | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | academy's | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | advisories | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | amenities | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | assembly's | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | authorities' | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | banalities | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | commodity's | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | domenici's | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | facility's | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | fidelities | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | fidelity's | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | gazonsky's | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | kaczynski's | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | majority's | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | mcaleese's | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | mccartney's | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | mclarty's | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | modalities | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | panopolys | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | pathologies | 4 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "affinities".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | abilities | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | finite | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | invites | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | affinity | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | affiliations | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | initiates | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | affiliates | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | vanities | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | anxieties | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | panties | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | affines | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | affiliates' | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | affiliate's | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | affine | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | annuities | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | amenities | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | affiliate | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | affiliated's | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | incites | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | ignites | 2 | 0 |
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Words that are statistically associated with "affinities" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | ethnic | 2 | 2 |
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "affinities".
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Term
Definitions: 7
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 37
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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