Affectionate
Affectionate adjective - Feeling or showing love.
Expressive and affectionate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Expressive" instead an adjective "Affectionate".
Nearby Words: affection, affectionately
Expressive
Expressive adjective - Clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood).
Affectionate and expressive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affectionate" instead an adjective "Expressive".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- loving and affectionate
- loving and expressive
- passionate and affectionate
- passionate and expressive
- emotional and affectionate
- emotional and expressive
- sensitive and affectionate
- sensitive and expressive
- understanding and affectionate
- understanding and expressive
- demonstrative and affectionate
- demonstrative and expressive
- sympathetic and affectionate
- sympathetic and expressive
Both words in one sentence
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By the time Tom-Tom was born, her father was already a governor and given control over an entire "colony" (said colony being a conquered Earth Kingdom City), so they're free to be more expressive and affectionate with him... and Mai is still neglected.
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