Affiliation
Affiliation noun - The state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters).
Usage example: the Little League team, despite its name, the Northern Dynamites, has no affiliation with the Northern Dynamite Company
Relation is a synonym for affiliation. In some cases you can use "Relation" instead a noun "Affiliation".
Nearby Words: affiliate, affiliated, affiliating
Relation
Relation noun - The fact or state of having something in common.
Usage example: there's no relation between you losing your favorite baseball hat and your team losing the game
Affiliation is a synonym for relation in connection topic. You can use "Affiliation" instead a noun "Relation", if it concerns topics such as kinship.
Nearby Word: relational
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- affinity and affiliation
- affinity and relation
- bond and affiliation
- bond and relation
- alliance and affiliation
- alliance and relation
- link and affiliation
- link and relation
- connection and affiliation
- connection and relation
- tie and affiliation
- tie and relation
- union and affiliation
- union and relation
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Relation and Affiliation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/affiliation/relation
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