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family

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of family

1 a group of persons who come from the same ancestor

the Adams family made remarkable contributions to American life for more than two centuries

Synonyms of family

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

Words Related to family

blended family, nuclear family

extended family, household, kith

descendant (also descendent), issue, offspring, progeny, scion, seed

clansman, kinsman, kinswoman, relative

Near Antonyms of family

ancestry, birth, descent, extraction, origin, pedigree

2 one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic

the flute, the clarinet, the oboe, and other members of the woodwind family

Synonyms of family

bracket, category, class, classification, division, genus, grade, group, kind, league, order, rank(s), rubric, set, species, tier, type

Words Related to family

description, feather, ilk, kidney, like, manner, nature, sort

branch, section, speciality, specialty, subclass, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, variety

heading, label, title

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