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All family synonyms

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noun family

  • clan β€” A clan is a group which consists of families that are related to each other.
  • tribe β€” any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
  • group β€” any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
  • people β€” persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
  • house β€” a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
  • household β€” the people of a house collectively; a family including its servants.
  • folk β€” Usually, folks. (used with a plural verb) people in general: Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer.
  • strain β€” to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
  • ancestry β€” Your ancestry is the fact that you are descended from certain people.
  • parentage β€” derivation or descent from parents or ancestors; birth, origin, or lineage: a man of distinguished parentage.
  • brood β€” A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother.
  • pedigree β€” an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry.
  • inheritance β€” something that is or may be inherited; property passing at the owner's death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy.
  • progeny β€” a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal.
  • system β€” an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole: a mountain system; a railroad system.
  • issue β€” the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
  • relationship β€” a connection, association, or involvement.
  • kindred β€” a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
  • blood β€” Blood is the red liquid that flows inside your body, which you can see if you cut yourself.
  • birth β€” When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.
  • genre β€” a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like: the genre of epic poetry; the genre of symphonic music.
  • line β€” a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
  • class β€” A class is a group of pupils or students who are taught together.
  • descent β€” A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
  • lineage β€” the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
  • kind β€” of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person: a kind and loving person.
  • subdivision β€” the act or fact of subdividing.
  • genealogy β€” a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
  • network β€” any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, passages, or the like: a network of arteries; a network of sewers under the city.
  • race β€” Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
  • children β€” Children is the plural of child.
  • relations β€” an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
  • relatives β€” a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
  • siblings β€” a brother or sister.
  • descendants β€” a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring.
  • forebears β€” Usually, forebears. ancestors; forefathers.
  • kith and kin β€” friends and family
  • menage β€” a domestic establishment; household.
  • menage β€” a domestic establishment; household.
  • folks β€” Usually, folks. (used with a plural verb) people in general: Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer.
  • kin β€” a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
  • nuclear family β€” a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.
  • nearest and dearest β€” People sometimes refer to their close relatives and friends as their nearest and dearest.
  • kinfolk β€” (in anthropological or formal use) a person's blood relations, regarded collectively.
  • ancestors β€” Plural form of ancestor.
  • dynasty β€” A line of hereditary rulers of a country.
  • extraction β€” The action of taking out something, especially using effort or force.
  • family tree β€” a genealogical chart showing the ancestry, descent, and relationship of all members of a family or other genealogical group.
  • species β€” a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind.
  • genus β€” Biology. the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species.
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