16
association(noun, connection, relation, relationship, friendship)
13
affinity(noun, feeling, connection, association, sympathy)
13
connection(noun, feeling, association, sympathy, relation)
13
relationship(noun, feeling, connection, association, sympathy)
10
person(noun, subject, being, emotion, individual)
10
relation(noun, connection, association, relationship, affinity)
9
individual(noun, person, subject, being, emotion)
8
affection(noun, connection, relation, friendship, sociability)
8
amiability(noun, connection, relation, friendship, sociability)
8
amity(noun, connection, relation, friendship, sociability)
8
camaraderie(noun, connection, relation, friendship, sociability)
8
companionship(noun, connection, relation, friendship, sociability)
8
comradeship(noun, connection, relation, friendship, sociability)
8
fellowship(noun, connection, relation, friendship, sociability)
8
friendliness(noun, connection, relation, friendship, sociability)
8
friendship(noun, connection, relation, sociability)
8
sociability(noun, connection, relation, friendship)
6
companion(noun, person, feeling, relation)
5
attraction(noun, feeling, sympathy, fondness, affinity)
5
closeness(noun, feeling, sympathy, fondness, affinity)
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