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affectionate

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of affectionate

feeling or showing love
  • an affectionate child who gives hugs and kisses freely
Synonyms of affectionate

adoring, devoted, fond, loving, tender, tenderhearted
Words Related to affectionate

caring, compassionate, considerate, cordial, doting, forgiving, kind, understanding, warmhearted

ardent, fervent, impassioned, passionate, warm

enamored, infatuated, lovesick

lovey-dovey, mushy, romantic, sappy, sentimental

brotherly, fatherly, motherly, sisterly
Near Antonyms of affectionate

aloof, antisocial, cold-eyed, cool, detached, distant, dry, frosty, hard-hearted, indifferent, offish, pitiless, remote, reserved, standoffish, unbending, uncaring, unfeeling

disaffected, unconcerned, uninvolved

cold, frigid, unfriendly

callous, cold-blooded, heartless, pitiless, ruthless, unromantic, unsentimental
Antonyms of affectionate

unloving

Learn More about affectionate

  1. Dictionary: Definition of affectionate Spanish Central: Translation of affectionate Nglish: Translation of affectionate for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of affectionate for Arabic speakers

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