FAMILY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • primary social group
   • parents and children
   Synonym(s)
   • family unit (what does family unit mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he wanted to have a good job before starting a family
   Hypernyms(s) family is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • kin (what does kin mean?)
   • kin group (what does kin group mean?)
   • kinship group (what does kinship group mean?)
   • kindred (what does kindred mean?)
   • clan (what does clan mean?)
   • tribe (what does tribe mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • couple (what does couple mean?)
   • mates (what does mates mean?)
   • match (what does match mean?)
   • marriage (what does marriage mean?)
   • married couple (what does married couple mean?)
   • man and wife (what does man and wife mean?)
   • Marx Brothers (what does Marx Brothers mean?)
2. Meaning
   • people descended from a common ancestor
   Synonym(s)
   • family line (what does family line mean?)
   • folk (what does folk mean?)
   • kinfolk (what does kinfolk mean?)
   • kinsfolk (what does kinsfolk mean?)
   • phratry (what does phratry mean?)
   • sept (what does sept mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower
   Hypernyms(s) family is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • lineage (what does lineage mean?)
   • line (what does line mean?)
   • line of descent (what does line of descent mean?)
   • descent (what does descent mean?)
   • bloodline (what does bloodline mean?)
   • blood line (what does blood line mean?)
   • blood (what does blood mean?)
   • pedigree (what does pedigree mean?)
   • ancestry (what does ancestry mean?)
   • origin (what does origin mean?)
   • parentage (what does parentage mean?)
   • stemma (what does stemma mean?)
   • stock (what does stock mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • people (what does people mean?)
   • homefolk (what does homefolk mean?)
   • house (what does house mean?)
   • dynasty (what does dynasty mean?)
   • name (what does name mean?)
   • gens (what does gens mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a collection of things sharing a common attribute
   Synonym(s)
   • category (what does category mean?)
   • class (what does class mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • there are two classes of detergents
   Hypernyms(s) family is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • collection (what does collection mean?)
   • aggregation (what does aggregation mean?)
   • accumulation (what does accumulation mean?)
   • assemblage (what does assemblage mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Larvacea (what does Larvacea mean?)
   • class Larvacea (what does class Larvacea mean?)
   • Diplopoda (what does Diplopoda mean?)
   • class Diplopoda (what does class Diplopoda mean?)
   • Myriapoda (what does Myriapoda mean?)
   • class Myriapoda (what does class Myriapoda mean?)
   • Malacostraca (what does Malacostraca mean?)
   • subclass Malacostraca (what does subclass Malacostraca mean?)
   • grammatical category (what does grammatical category mean?)
   • syntactic category (what does syntactic category mean?)
   • substitution class (what does substitution class mean?)
   • paradigm (what does paradigm mean?)
   • stamp (what does stamp mean?)
   • sex (what does sex mean?)
   • declension (what does declension mean?)
   • conjugation (what does conjugation mean?)
   • denomination (what does denomination mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • categorize (what does categorize mean?)
   • categorise (what does categorise mean?)
   • relegate (what does relegate mean?)
   • classify (what does classify mean?)
   • classify (what does classify mean?)
   • class (what does class mean?)
   • sort (what does sort mean?)
   • assort (what does assort mean?)
   • sort out (what does sort out mean?)
   • separate (what does separate mean?)
   • classify (what does classify mean?)
   • class (what does class mean?)
   • sort (what does sort mean?)
   • assort (what does assort mean?)
   • sort out (what does sort out mean?)
   • separate (what does separate mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a social unit living together
   Synonym(s)
   • home (what does home mean?)
   • house (what does house mean?)
   • household (what does household mean?)
   • menage (what does menage mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) family is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • unit (what does unit mean?)
   • social unit (what does social unit mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • nuclear family (what does nuclear family mean?)
   • conjugal family (what does conjugal family mean?)
   • extended family (what does extended family mean?)
   • foster family (what does foster family mean?)
   • foster home (what does foster home mean?)
   • menage a trois (what does menage a trois mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • home (what does home mean?)
5. Meaning
   • (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
   Usage Example(s)
   • sharks belong to the fish family
   Hypernyms(s) family is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • taxonomic group (what does taxonomic group mean?)
   • taxonomic category (what does taxonomic category mean?)
   • taxon (what does taxon mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Filoviridae (what does Filoviridae mean?)
   • bacteria family (what does bacteria family mean?)
   • protoctist family (what does protoctist family mean?)
   • Endamoebidae (what does Endamoebidae mean?)
   • family Endamoebidae (what does family Endamoebidae mean?)
   • fish family (what does fish family mean?)
   • chordate family (what does chordate family mean?)
   • bird family (what does bird family mean?)
   • amphibian family (what does amphibian family mean?)
   • reptile family (what does reptile family mean?)
   • arthropod family (what does arthropod family mean?)
   • mammal family (what does mammal family mean?)
   • coelenterate family (what does coelenterate family mean?)
   • ctenophore family (what does ctenophore family mean?)
   • worm family (what does worm family mean?)
   • mollusk family (what does mollusk family mean?)
   • Panorpidae (what does Panorpidae mean?)
   • family Panorpidae (what does family Panorpidae mean?)
   • Bittacidae (what does Bittacidae mean?)
   • family Bittacidae (what does family Bittacidae mean?)
   • echinoderm family (what does echinoderm family mean?)
   • form family (what does form family mean?)
   • moss family (what does moss family mean?)
   • monocot family (what does monocot family mean?)
   • liliopsid family (what does liliopsid family mean?)
   • dicot family (what does dicot family mean?)
   • magnoliopsid family (what does magnoliopsid family mean?)
   • fungus family (what does fungus family mean?)
   • plant family (what does plant family mean?)
   • fern family (what does fern family mean?)
6. Meaning
   • an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
   Synonym(s)
   • fellowship (what does fellowship mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family
   • the church welcomed new members into its fellowship
   Hypernyms(s) family is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • association (what does association mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • koinonia (what does koinonia mean?)
7. Meaning
   • a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
   Synonym(s)
   • crime syndicate (what does crime syndicate mean?)
   • mob (what does mob mean?)
   • syndicate (what does syndicate mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) family is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • organized crime (what does organized crime mean?)
   • gangland (what does gangland mean?)
   • gangdom (what does gangdom mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Mafia (what does Mafia mean?)
   • Maffia (what does Maffia mean?)
   • Cosa Nostra (what does Cosa Nostra mean?)
8. Meaning
   • a person having kinship with another or others
   Synonym(s)
   • kin (what does kin mean?)
   • kinsperson (what does kinsperson mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he’’s kin
   • he’’s family
   Hypernyms(s) family is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • relative (what does relative mean?)
   • relation (what does relation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • affine (what does affine mean?)