Entry Word: fond

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 having a liking or affection <even lots of city people are fond of country music>

Synonyms attached, inclined, partial

Related Words crazy (about or over), enamored, enraptured, gone (on), infatuated, mad (about), nuts (about); desirous, eager, enthusiastic, excited, gung ho, keen

Near Antonyms apathetic, cool, indifferent, uninterested; contemptuous, disdainful, scornful; antagonistic, antipathetic, hostile; alienated, disaffected, disenchanted, estranged

Antonyms allergic, averse, disinclined

2 feeling or showing love <gave me a fond embrace upon parting> — see loving