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- pronunciation:
- fae
mih
li
[or]
faem
li
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
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families |
| definition 1: |
a group consisting of parents and their children.
I am the youngest child in our family, and I have two older brothers.
- synonyms:
- folk
- similar words:
- clan, extended family, house, household, kin, kindred, ménage
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| definition 2: |
a group of people related by blood kinship or marriage.
I have a large family with many cousins, aunts, and uncles.She could trace her family back over two hundred years.
- synonyms:
- ancestry, kin, kindred, kinfolk, people, relations
- similar words:
- ancestors, clan, descendants, folk, offspring, progeny, relatives
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| definition 3: |
all those persons descended from a common ancestor.
The two families have been feuding with each other for centuries.- synonyms:
- descendants, lineage, offspring, posterity, progeny
- similar words:
- blood, clan, folk, kindred, kinfolk, parentage, people, relation, relatives
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| definition 4: |
any group living together, as if they were related by blood, in a single household.
At college, my friends became my family.- synonyms:
- house, household, ménage
- similar words:
- clan, folk, kindred, people
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| definition 5: |
any group of things related in form, function, or origin.
French, Spanish, and Italian are all part of the same family of languages.- synonyms:
- category, class, genus, group
- similar words:
- kind, order, type
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| definition 6: |
in biology, the subdivision of an order.
Wolves and dogs are of the same family of animals.
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| related words: |
ancestry, birth, breed, category, connection, kingdom |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or relating to a family.
a family membership in the sports club- synonyms:
- household
- similar words:
- domestic, familial, home
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| definition 2: |
belonging to a family.
the family cat- similar words:
- domestic, familial, home, household
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| related words: |
kin, kindred |
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conventionally associated with family |
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coat of arms, heirloom, history, home, reunion, tradition |
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some descriptions of families |
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akin, close, distant, domestic, maternal, paternal, social, supportive |
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some members of a family |
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aunt, brother, brother-in-law, child, cousin, daughter-in-law, father, father-in-law, grandchild, grandfather, grandmother, grandparent, great-grandchild, great-grandparent, husband, mother, mother-in-law, parent, relative, sister, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, uncle, wife |
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some people associated with families |
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descendant, relative |
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