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nuclear family

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of nuclear family

the part of a family that includes only the father, mother, and children

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of nuclear family

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

extended family, household, kith

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

clansman, kinsman, kinswoman, relative

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of nuclear family

ancestry, birth, descent, extraction, origin, pedigree

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