FONDNESS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
   Synonym(s)
   • affectionateness (what does affectionateness mean?)
   • lovingness (what does lovingness mean?)
   • warmth (what does warmth mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) fondness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • emotionality (what does emotionality mean?)
   • emotionalism (what does emotionalism mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • tenderness (what does tenderness mean?)
   • uxoriousness (what does uxoriousness mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a predisposition to like something
   Synonym(s)
   • fancy (what does fancy mean?)
   • partiality (what does partiality mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he had a fondness for whiskey
   Hypernyms(s) fondness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • liking (what does liking mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • fancy (what does fancy mean?)
   • go for (what does go for mean?)
   • take to (what does take to mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a positive feeling of liking
   Synonym(s)
   • affection (what does affection mean?)
   • affectionateness (what does affectionateness mean?)
   • heart (what does heart mean?)
   • tenderness (what does tenderness mean?)
   • warmheartedness (what does warmheartedness mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he had trouble expressing the affection he felt
   • the child won everyone’’s heart
   Hypernyms(s) fondness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • feeling (what does feeling mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • attachment (what does attachment mean?)
   • fond regard (what does fond regard mean?)
   • protectiveness (what does protectiveness mean?)
   • regard (what does regard mean?)
   • respect (what does respect mean?)
   • soft spot (what does soft spot mean?)