Attachment
Attachment noun - A feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone.
Relationship and attachment are semantically related. in fondness topic. In some cases you can use "Relationship" instead a noun "Attachment".
Relationship
Relationship noun - The state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters).
Usage example: the street's shopkeepers have a good business relationship
Attachment and relationship are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attachment" instead a noun "Relationship".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- love and attachment
- love and relationship
- sympathy and attachment
- sympathy and relationship
- affinity and attachment
- affinity and relationship
- friendship and attachment
- friendship and relationship
- bond and attachment
- bond and relationship
- closeness and attachment
- closeness and relationship
- alliance and attachment
- alliance and relationship
How words are described
| close | close attachment | close relationship |
| special | special attachment | special relationship |
| similar | similar attachment | similar relationship |
| true | true attachment | true relationship |
| Other adjectives: romantic, strong, actual, real, great, personal, unhealthy, new, possible, former, growing, odd, heterosexual. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Quentin has little regard for the relationship between Buffy and Giles and regards their emotional attachment as a distraction and weakness.
Source: Lack of Empathy -
Everyone Can See It: Regardless of how the viewer interprets the relationship between the two leads, just about everyone (in the Neitherworld) picks up on Beetlejuice's attachment to Lydia.
Source: Western Animation / Beetlejuice -
Depraved Homosexual: Possibly the Chairman, though his attachment to Osanai seems more a master/slave thing than a sexual or romantic relationship.
Source: Literature / Paprika
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