Synonyms for family

modified

noun

1. Blood relatives

   relations, relatives, kin, tribe, folk, clan, dynasty, house, household, kith and kin, kindred, kinfolk, kinsmen, connections, relationship, blood, blood tie, consanguinity, progeny, offspring, descendants, issue, brood, antecedents, forebears, heirs and assigns, generations, race, ancestry, progenitors, forefathers, pedigree, genealogy, descent, parentage, extraction, patrimony, paternity, inheritance, former generations, kinship, lineage, line, one's own flesh and blood, clansmen, strain, stock, breed, parents, siblings, children, in-laws, nuclear family, extended family, the whole tribe*, homefolks*, people*, folks*, nearest and dearest*.

2. Several of one kind

   order, class, genus, species, subdivision, group; see also class 1.

in a family way*