Hyphenation of affinity

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word affinity? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

affin-i-ty

Definitions of affinity:

1.	(immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
2.	(anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption Not a blood relationship
3.	(biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts In anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans
4.	A close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character Found a natural affinity with the immigrants Felt a deep kinship with the other students Anthropology's kinship with the humanities
5.	The force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule Basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk
6.	Inherent resemblance between persons or things
7.	A natural attraction or feeling of kinship An affinity for politics The mysterious affinity between them James's affinity with Sam

Synonyms of affinity:

noun	chemical attraction, force
noun	attraction, attractive force
noun	kinship by marriage, kinship, family relationship, relationship
noun	phylogenetic relation, kinship, family relationship, relationship
noun	kinship, relation
noun	resemblance
noun	attraction, attractiveness

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.