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family

/ family /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
primary social group; parents and children
"he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"
Type of:
kin kin group kinship group
Kinds of:
couple mates match marriage married couple
noun Sense 2
people descended from a common ancestor
"his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
Type of:
lineage line line of descent
Kinds of:
people homefolk house dynasty name
noun Sense 3
a social unit living together
"he moved his family to Virginia"
"It was a good Christian household"
"I waited until the whole house was asleep"
"the teacher asked how many people made up his home"
Type of:
unit social unit
Kinds of:
nuclear family conjugal family extended family foster family foster home
Derived:
home
noun Sense 4
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
"sharks belong to the fish family"
Type of:
taxonomic group taxonomic category taxon
Kinds of:
Filoviridae bacteria family protoctist family Endamoebidae family Endamoebidae
Has parts:
order
Domain:
biology biological science
noun Sense 5
an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
"the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"
"the church welcomed new members into its fellowship"
Type of:
association
Kinds of:
koinonia
noun Sense 6
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
"there are two classes of detergents"
Type of:
collection aggregation accumulation
Kinds of:
Larvacea class Larvacea Diplopoda class Diplopoda Myriapoda
Derived:
categorize categorise relegate classify class
noun Sense 7
a person having kinship with another or others
"he''s kin"
"he''s family"
Type of:
relative relation
Kinds of:
affine
noun Sense 8
a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
Type of:
organized crime gangland gangdom
Kinds of:
Mafia Maffia Cosa Nostra
Semantic Complexity
78%
Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
57
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

kin kin group kinship group couple mates match marriage married couple lineage line line of descent people