Family Synonyms

fămə-lē, fămlē
A group of usually related people living together as a unit
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. house
  2. household
  3. family unit
  4. ménage
  5. home
  6. menage
A group of people sharing common ancestry
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. clan
  2. house
  3. kindred
  4. family line
  5. fellowship
  6. lineage
  7. folk
  8. stock
  9. kinfolk
  10. tribe
  11. kinsfolk
  12. sept
  13. phratry
Of or relating to the family or household
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. familial
  2. domestic
  3. kindred
  4. collateral
  5. home
  6. en-famille
  7. homely
  8. tribal
  9. household
  10. familistic
Several of one kind
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. kin
  2. class
  3. order
  4. genus
  5. species
  6. kindred
  7. subdivision
  8. group
  9. kinfolk
  10. kinsperson

Words Related to Family

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. collective-noun
  2. precede
  3. grandparent
  4. famile
  5. familiy
  6. parent
  7. widowed
  8. sibling
  9. familys
  10. child
  11. spouse
  12. carers
  13. mother
  14. wife

Family Sentence Examples

  • What a big family it was!

  • The babies were healthy and by mid-August, they would have two new family members.

  • Next morning it was I who waked the whole family with my first "Merry Christmas!"

  • In connection with this lesson she learned the names of the members of the family and the word IS.

  • Until I was ten years old, my family lived in rural east Texas.

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