Antonyms for adhesion
ædˈhi ʒənad·he·sion

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1. adhesionnoun

   Antonyms:
   cohesion

2. adhesionnoun

   Antonyms:
   cohesion

3. adhesionnoun

   Antonyms:
   cohesion

4. adhesionnoun

   Antonyms:
   cohesion

5. adhesionnoun

   Antonyms:
   cohesion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. adhesion

   An attachment is a feeling that binds a person by ties of heart to another person or thing; we speak of a man's adherence to his purpose, his adhesion to his party, or to anything to which he clings tenaciously, tho with no special tenderness; of his attachment to his church, to the old homestead, or to any persons or objects that he may hold dear. Affection expresses more warmth of feeling; we should not speak of a mother's attachment to her babe, but of her affection or of her devotion. Inclination expresses simply a tendency, which may be good or bad, yielded to or overcome; as, an inclination to study; an inclination to drink. Regard is more distant than affection or attachment, but closer and warmer than esteem; we speak of high esteem, kind regard. Compare ACQUAINTANCE; APPENDAGE; FRIENDSHIP; LOVE; UNION.

   Antonyms:
   alienation, animosity, antipathy, aversion, coolness, dislike, distance, divorce, enmity, estrangement, indifference, opposition, repugnance, separation, severance

   Synonyms:
   adherence, affection, attachment, devotion, esteem, esteem, estimation, friendship, inclination, love, regard, tenderness, union

   Preposition:
   Attachment of a true man to his friends; attachment to a leader for his nobility of character; the attachments between two persons or things; attachment by muscular fibers, or by a rope, etc.

Matched Categories

1. • Pathology
   • Scar Tissue
   • Stickiness

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. adhesionnoun

   abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen

   Synonyms:
   attachment, adherence, adhesiveness, bond

2. adhesionnoun

   a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures

   Synonyms:
   attachment, adherence, adhesiveness, bond

3. adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bondnoun

   the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

   "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion"

   Synonyms:
   bail, bond certificate, bond paper, adherence, hamper, bail bond, chemical bond, shackle, adhesiveness, attachment, trammel, bond, alliance

4. attachment, adherence, adhesionnoun

   faithful support for a cause or political party or religion

   "attachment to a formal agenda"; "adherence to a fat-free diet"; "the adhesion of Seville was decisive"

   Synonyms:
   affixation, adherence, bond, fastening, adhesiveness, attachment, fond regard

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