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Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
1. 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)
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Rhymes with Plant Family
- multifamily
- gramley
- bramley
- lamle
- hamley
- chamlee
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. plant
noun. ['ˈplænt'] buildings for carrying on industrial labor.
Synonyms
- smelter
- manufacturing plant
- mill
- packing plant
- brewery
- saltworks
- packinghouse
- mint
- sewage disposal plant
- complex
- still
- distillery
- disposal plant
- manufactory
- industrial plant
- bottling plant
- smeltery
- recycling plant
- works
- factory
- refinery
Antonyms
- sporadic
- short
- Cryptogamia
- Phanerogamae
Etymology
- planta (Latin)
- planten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- plantian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. plant
noun. ['ˈplænt'] (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion.
Synonyms
- ornamental
- myrmecophyte
- tracheophyte
- poisonous plant
- embryo
- cryptogam
- aerophyte
- wilding
- gametophyte
- monocarp
- garden plant
- epiphytic plant
- houseplant
- monocarpous plant
- microflora
- plant structure
- rock plant
- hygrophyte
- phytoplankton
- autophyte
- perennial
- plant kingdom
- Plantae
- vascular plant
- plantlet
- autophytic plant
- air plant
- plant part
- epiphyte
- crop
- acrogen
- hood
- being
- autotrophic organism
- monocarpic plant
- pot plant
- biennial
- endemic
- escape
- plant life
- apomict
- organism
- annual
- aquatic
- holophyte
- flora
- non-flowering plant
- autotroph
- neophyte
- cap
- kingdom Plantae
Antonyms
- evergreen plant
- weed
- deciduous plant
- cultivated plant
Etymology
- planta (Latin)
- planten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- plantian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. plant
verb. ['ˈplænt'] put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground.
Synonyms
- checkrow
- bed
- place
- dibble
- puddle
- pose
- replant
- lay
- tree
- put
- root
- forest
- position
- afforest
Antonyms
- amphibious
- fauna
- stand still
- imperfect
Etymology
- planta (Latin)
- planten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- plantian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. plant
verb. ['ˈplænt'] fix or set securely or deeply.
Synonyms
- pot
- engraft
- embed
- introduce
- enter
- insert
- sink
- infix
- imbed
- implant
- nest
Antonyms
- lend oneself
- arrive
- confront
- biennial
Etymology
- planta (Latin)
- planten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- plantian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Sentences with plant-family
1. Noun Phrase
Tiger lilies, calla lilies, blue bead lilies—there are hundreds of variations to the plant family known as liliaceae.