family
English Thesaurus
1. primary social group; parents and children (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | couple, match, mates, |
| definition | : | a pair of people who live together (noun.group) |
| instance hyponym | : | bronte sisters, |
| definition | : | a 19th century family of three sisters who all wrote novels (noun.group) |
| instance hyponym | : | marx brothers, |
| definition | : | a family of United States comedians consisting of four brothers with an anarchic sense of humor (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | child, kid, |
| definition | : | a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age (noun.person) |
| member holonym | : | parent, |
| definition | : | a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian (noun.person) |
| member holonym | : | sib, sibling, |
| definition | : | a person's brother or sister (noun.person) |
2. people descended from a common ancestor (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock, |
| definition | : | the descendants of one individual (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | people, |
| definition | : | members of a family line (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | homefolk, |
| definition | : | the people of your home locality (especially your own family) (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | house, |
| definition | : | aristocratic family line (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | dynasty, |
| definition | : | a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | gens, name, |
| definition | : | family based on male descent (noun.group) |
3. a collection of things sharing a common attribute (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | paradigm, substitution class, |
| definition | : | the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | brass family, |
| definition | : | (music) the family of brass instruments (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | violin family, |
| definition | : | (music) the family of bowed stringed instruments (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | woodwind family, |
| definition | : | (music) the family of woodwind instruments (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | stamp, |
| definition | : | a type or class (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | sex, |
| definition | : | either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | declension, |
| definition | : | a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | conjugation, |
| definition | : | a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | denomination, |
| definition | : | a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | histocompatibility complex, |
| definition | : | a family of fifty or more genes on the sixth human chromosome that code for proteins on the surfaces of cells and that play a role in the immune response (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | superphylum, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and below a class or subclass (noun.group) |
4. a social unit living together (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | social unit, unit, |
| definition | : | an organization regarded as part of a larger social group (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | broken home, |
| definition | : | a family in which the parents have separated or divorced (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | conjugal family, nuclear family, |
| definition | : | a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | extended family, |
| definition | : | a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | foster family, |
| definition | : | the family of a fosterling (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | foster home, |
| definition | : | a household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency) (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | menage a trois, |
| definition | : | household for three; an arrangement where a married couple and a lover of one of them live together while sharing sexual relations (noun.group) |
5. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | filoviridae, |
| definition | : | a family of threadlike RNA viruses that cause diseases in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | protoctist family, |
| definition | : | any of the families of Protoctista (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | fish family, |
| definition | : | any of various families of fish (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chordate family, |
| definition | : | any family in the phylum Chordata (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bird family, |
| definition | : | a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | mammal family, |
| definition | : | a family of mammals (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | worm family, |
| definition | : | a family of worms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | form family, |
| definition | : | (biology) an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | moss family, |
| definition | : | a family of mosses (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | dicot family, magnoliopsid family, |
| definition | : | family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | fungus family, |
| definition | : | includes lichen families (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | plant family, |
| definition | : | a family of plants (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | fern family, |
| definition | : | families of ferns and fern allies (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | bunyaviridae, |
| definition | : | a large family of arboviruses that affect a wide range of hosts (mainly vertebrates and arthropods) (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | togaviridae, |
| definition | : | a family of arboviruses carried by arthropods (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | flaviviridae, |
| definition | : | a family of arboviruses carried by arthropods (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | arenaviridae, |
| definition | : | a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | rhabdoviridae, |
| definition | : | a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | reoviridae, |
| definition | : | a family of arboviruses carried by arthropods (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | subfamily, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic category below a family (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | tribe, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | genus, |
| definition | : | (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species (noun.group) |
| member meronym | : | order, |
| definition | : | (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families (noun.group) |
6. an association of people who share common beliefs or activities (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | association, |
| definition | : | a formal organization of people or groups of people (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | koinonia, |
| definition | : | Christian fellowship or communion with God or with fellow Christians; said in particular of the early Christian community (noun.group) |
7. a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | cosa nostra, maffia, mafia, |
| definition | : | a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia (noun.group) |
8. a person having kinship with another or others (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | relation, relative, |
| definition | : | a person related by blood or marriage (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | affine, |
| definition | : | (anthropology) kin by marriage (noun.person) |
9. primary social group; parents and children (noun.group)
| derivation | : | familial, |
| definition | : | relating to or having the characteristics of a family (adj.pert) |
10. a collection of things sharing a common attribute (noun.group)
| derivation | : | classify, relegate, |
| definition | : | assign to a class or kind (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | categorial, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the concept of categories (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | categoric, categorical, |
| definition | : | relating to or included in a category or categories (adj.pert) |
11. a social unit living together (noun.group)
| derivation | : | home, |
| definition | : | provide with, or send to, a home (verb.social) |
12. an association of people who share common beliefs or activities (noun.group)
| derivation | : | colleague, confrere, fellow, |
| definition | : | a person who is member of one's class or profession (noun.person) |
13. a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities (noun.group)
| derivation | : | gangster, mobster, |
| definition | : | a criminal who is a member of gang (noun.person) |
14. a person having kinship with another or others (noun.person)
15. primary social group; parents and children (noun.group)
| derivation | : | familial, |
| definition | : | relating to or having the characteristics of a family (adj.pert) |
16. a collection of things sharing a common attribute (noun.group)
| derivation | : | classify, relegate, |
| definition | : | assign to a class or kind (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | categorial, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the concept of categories (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | categoric, categorical, |
| definition | : | relating to or included in a category or categories (adj.pert) |
17. a social unit living together (noun.group)
| derivation | : | home, |
| definition | : | provide with, or send to, a home (verb.social) |
18. an association of people who share common beliefs or activities (noun.group)
| derivation | : | colleague, confrere, fellow, |
| definition | : | a person who is member of one's class or profession (noun.person) |
19. a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities (noun.group)
| derivation | : | gangster, mobster, |
| definition | : | a criminal who is a member of gang (noun.person) |
20. a person having kinship with another or others (noun.person)
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