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1. relationship
noun. ['riːˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp'] a relation between people; (relationship' is often used whererelation' would serve, as in the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage ofrelationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness).
Synonyms
- relation
- personal relation
- partnership
- human relationship
Antonyms
- ascent
- paternal
- crossbred
- purebred
Etymology
- -ship (English)
- -sciepe (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- relation (English)
- relacioun (Anglo-Norman)
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2. relationship
noun. ['riːˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp'] a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection).
Synonyms
- romance
- anaclisis
- sexual relationship
- love affair
Antonyms
- middle
- end
- death
- stillbirth
Etymology
- -ship (English)
- -sciepe (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- relation (English)
- relacioun (Anglo-Norman)
3. relationship
noun. ['riːˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp'] a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries.
Synonyms
- account
- business relationship
- state
- affiliation
- acquaintance
- tie-up
- friendly relationship
- subjection
- assimilation
- membership
- association
- friendship
- acquaintanceship
- subjugation
Antonyms
- unstrap
- unlash
- unfasten
- untie
Etymology
- -ship (English)
- -sciepe (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- relation (English)
- relacioun (Anglo-Norman)
4. relationship
noun. ['riːˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp'] (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption.
Synonyms
- affinity
- descent
- consanguinity
- fatherhood
- maternity
- kinship
- lineage
- filiation
- sistership
- family relationship
- relation
- cognation
- phylogenetic relation
- blood kinship
- marital bed
- line of descent
- marital relationship
- parentage
- birth
- brotherhood
- motherhood
- paternity
Antonyms
- consanguinity
- ancestor
- descendant
- unconnectedness
Etymology
- -ship (English)
- -sciepe (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- relation (English)
- relacioun (Anglo-Norman)
5. family
noun. ['ˈfæməli, ˈfæmli'] a social unit living together.
Synonyms
- house
- home
- foster family
- menage a trois
- foster home
- conjugal family
- broken home
- menage
- extended family
- unit
- nuclear family
- household
Antonyms
- original
- overstock
- understock
- irregular
Etymology
- familia (Latin)
- famula (Latin)
6. family
noun. ['ˈfæməli, ˈfæmli'] primary social group; parents and children.
Synonyms
- mates
- family unit
- kid
- kindred
- sib
- match
- tribe
- kin
- kinship group
- sibling
- clan
- child
- marriage
- couple
- parent
- married couple
- man and wife
Antonyms
- parent
- upgrade
- downgrade
- snarl
Etymology
- familia (Latin)
- famula (Latin)
7. family
noun. ['ˈfæməli, ˈfæmli'] a collection of things sharing a common attribute.
Synonyms
- sex
- violin family
- denomination
- collection
- grammatical category
- paradigm
- syntactic category
- declension
- substitution class
- category
- class
- accumulation
- superphylum
- stamp
- brass family
- conjugation
- assemblage
- woodwind family
- histocompatibility complex
Antonyms
- disorganise
- disorganize
- untidiness
- disorderliness
Etymology
- familia (Latin)
- famula (Latin)
8. family
noun. ['ˈfæməli, ˈfæmli'] people descended from a common ancestor.
Synonyms
- descent
- lineage
- homefolk
- blood line
- house
- ancestry
- gens
- blood
- bloodline
- kinfolk
- stemma
- origin
- dynasty
- pedigree
- kinsfolk
- family line
- line of descent
- people
- parentage
- folk
- sept
- line
- name
- phratry
Antonyms
- disarrange
- disorder
- instability
- war
Etymology
- familia (Latin)
- famula (Latin)
9. family
noun. ['ˈfæməli, ˈfæmli'] a person having kinship with another or others.
Synonyms
- kinsperson
- kin
- relative
- affine
Antonyms
- dead
- initiate
- noncitizen
- clergy
Etymology
- familia (Latin)
- famula (Latin)
10. family
noun. ['ˈfæməli, ˈfæmli'] (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera.
Synonyms
- bacteria family
- bird family
- dicot family
- amphibian family
- echinoderm family
- fungus family
- monocot family
- fish family
- taxon
- family Panorpidae
- fern family
- family Bittacidae
- Rhabdoviridae
- Flaviviridae
- Bunyaviridae
- subfamily
- genus
- magnoliopsid family
- protoctist family
- liliopsid family
- arthropod family
- ctenophore family
- moss family
- Bittacidae
- tribe
- chordate family
- Togaviridae
- Endamoebidae
- coelenterate family
- worm family
- Reoviridae
- order
- mollusk family
- plant family
- taxonomic category
- taxonomic group
- mammal family
- Panorpidae
- Filoviridae
- family Endamoebidae
- reptile family
- form family
Antonyms
- nonstandard
- ascent
- crossbred
- purebred
Etymology
- familia (Latin)
- famula (Latin)