have affection for

VERB

love

Synonyms

STRONGEST

admire care for cherish choose go for prefer prize treasure worship

STRONG

adulate canonize deify esteem exalt fancy glorify idolize venerate

WEAK

be attached to be captivated by be crazy about be enamored of be enchanted by be fascinated with be fond of be in love with delight in dote on fall for gone on have it bad hold dear hold high long for lose one's heart to put on pedestal think the world of thrive with wild for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

despise dislike hate not care

STRONG

castigate condemn criticize debase degrade humiliate lower mock

WEAK

abstain scorn

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have affection for

There’s affection for them because they have affection for one another.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2023

I have affection for him, but am not in love with him.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2021

Mind you, those who already have affection for Lyonne or the scruffy character she plays don't require convincing to hang in there.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2019

Some veterans have affection for their combat boots.

From Washington Post ● May 29, 2018

"If your husband persuaded you to return, it must have been that you still have affection for him."

From The Emancipated by George Gissing

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