race

race

noun

Definition of RACE

1

a group of persons who come from the same ancestor <a man, born of noble race, who was now living in impoverished circumstances>

Synonyms blood, clan, folks, house, kin, kindred, kinfolk (or kinfolks), kinsfolk, line, lineage, people, race, stock, tribe

Related Words blended family, nuclear family; extended family, household, kith; brood; descendant (also descendent), issue, offspring, progeny, scion, seed; clansman, kinsman, kinswoman, relative; dynasty

Near Antonyms ancestry, birth, descent, extraction, origin, pedigree

2

a people having a common language, culture, and body of traditions <Winston Churchill's famous hope and prediction that World War II would be remembered by future generations as the finest hour of the Britannic race>

Synonyms ethnicity, nation, race

Related Words minority; clan, family, folk, house, kindred, tribe