Usually means: Showing love through actions, words.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word affectionate:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. affectionate: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. affectionate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. affectionate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. affectionate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. affectionate: Vocabulary.com
  6. Affectionate, affectionate: Wordnik
  7. affectionate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. affectionate: Wiktionary
  9. affectionate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. affectionate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. affectionate: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Affectionate, affectionate: Dictionary.com
  13. affectionate: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Affectionate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. affectionate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. affectionate: Rhymezone
  17. affectionate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. affectionate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. affectionate: Free Dictionary
  20. affectionate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. affectionate: Dictionary/thesaurus
  22. affectionate: Merriam-Webster.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. affectionate: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. affectionate: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  (of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
▸ adjective:  (of an action, etc.) Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Eager; passionate; strongly inclined toward something.
▸ verb:  (rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
▸ verb:  (obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.

Similar:
fond, lovesome, caring, tender, loving, warm, fondsome, affectioned, doting, endearing, more...

Opposite:
cold, distant, aloof, unfriendly, unfeeling

Types:
hug, kiss, pat, more...

Phrases:
The Affectionate Punch, warm affectionate, not affectionate, overly affectionate, affectionate nickname, more...

Adjectives:
most, moft, temperament, artless, semi, avaricious, our, ever

Colors:
    pink,     rose,     blush,     coral,     peach, more...



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Similar:
fond, lovesome, caring, tender, loving, warm, fondsome, affectioned, doting, endearing, more...

Opposite:
cold, distant, aloof, unfriendly, unfeeling

Types:
hug, kiss, pat, more...

Phrases:
The Affectionate Punch, warm affectionate, not affectionate, overly affectionate, affectionate nickname, opposite of affectionate, affectionate gaze, affectionate talk, physically affectionate, more...

Adjectives:
most, moft, temperament, artless, semi, avaricious, our, ever

Colors:
    pink,     rose,     blush,     coral,     peach, more...



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