marrow; partner, counterpart, Obs.consort; auxiliary aide, helper, helpmate, assistant, ancilla, coadjutor, coadjutress; subordinate, underling, small fry, Inf. small potatoes.
affiliation, n.1. connection, connectedness, bond, link, tie, Genetics,
linkage; relationship, relatedness, relation, affinity; association, alliance, coalition, union; membership, participation, cooperation, communication, intercourse, interchange, dealings.
2. companionship, fellowship, colleagueship, brotherhood, fraternity, fraternization, consociation; friendship, friendliness, comradeship, sociality, intimacy, Inf.chumminess.
affinity, n.1. natural liking, attraction, inclination; predilection, penchant, leaning, bent, proclivity, propensity; friendliness, sympathy, fondness, affection.
2. soul mate, other half, alter ego, second self; lover, suitor, beau, inamorato, flame; sweetheart, mistress, inamorata, ladylove.
3. relationship by marriage, kinship, kindred, alliance, propinquity; union, bond, attachment, association, connection, interconnection.
4. likeness, resemblance, similarity, similitude, homogeneity; correspondence, homology, parity, agreement, conformity; parallelism, symmetry, analogy, correlation.
affirm, v. 1. state positively, assert, tell with confidence, aver, vouch, avouch; declare, proclaim, make known, enunciate, promulgate, profess, predicate, say, announce, pronounce; asseverate, depose, witness, bear witness to, attest, testify; claim, hold, contend, allege, propound.
2. ratify, approve, endorse, accept; establish, confirm, acknowledge; support, corroborate, sustain, back up, vouch for, guarantee, certify, warrant.
affirmation, n.1. assertion, avowal, word, vouch-ment, avouchment; testimony, deposition, predication, asseveration, averment; profession, acknowledgement, announcement, pronouncement; protestation, allegation.
2. ratification, approval, confirmation, corroboration; indorsement, certification, warranty.
affirmative, adj.assertive, assertory, affirmatory, affirming, assenting, asseverative, predicative; declaratory, declarative, positive, emphatic, categorical, insistent, dogmatic, absolute.
affix, v. 1. connect, attach, fix, conjoin, subjoin; join, fasten, unite, tie, bind; tack, nail, staple, pin, hook.
2. add, add on, add to, annex, append, adjoin, Inf. tack on, Inf.hitch on, postfix; All Grammar,
prefix, suffix, infix.
3. impress, agglutinate, glue on, paste on; tag, tab, ticket, label; stamp, seal, earmark, brand.
4. attribute, assign, ascribe, impugn; attribute to, ascribe to, assign to, impute to, charge to, credit oraccredit with; fix on orupon, pin on, Inf.pinpoint, saddle on orupon, farther upon, blame for, Inf.hang on. -n. 5. addition, annexation, appendage, addendum, appendix; tailpiece, coda, epilogue, subscript; accessory, attachment, tag, tab; supplement, extension, (of buildings)
wing.
afflatus, n.inspiration, genius, creative impulse, fire; revelation, divine communication; Theol.
beatific vision, theopneusty.
afflict, v. 1. vex, harass, torment, plague, beset, persecute; bother, perturb, disturb, agitate, discomfort, disquiet, irritate, inflame; grind, gnaw, gall, grate, fret, chafe, rasp, rub.