RELATIONSHIP as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a relation between people
   • (`relationship” is often used where `relation” would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment”, but the preferred usage of `relationship” is for human relations or states of relatedness)
   Synonym(s)
   • human relationship (what does human relationship mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the relati
   Hypernyms(s) relationship is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • relation (what does relation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • personal relation (what does personal relation mean?)
   • personal relationship (what does personal relationship mean?)
2. Meaning
   • state of relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
   Synonym(s)
   • family relationship (what does family relationship mean?)
   • kinship (what does kinship mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) relationship is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • relation (what does relation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • affinity (what does affinity mean?)
   • phylogenetic relation (what does phylogenetic relation mean?)
   • descent (what does descent mean?)
   • line of descent (what does line of descent mean?)
   • lineage (what does lineage mean?)
   • filiation (what does filiation mean?)
   • affinity (what does affinity mean?)
   • kinship by marriage (what does kinship by marriage mean?)
   • consanguinity (what does consanguinity mean?)
   • blood kinship (what does blood kinship mean?)
   • cognation (what does cognation mean?)
   • parentage (what does parentage mean?)
   • birth (what does birth mean?)
   • fatherhood (what does fatherhood mean?)
   • paternity (what does paternity mean?)
   • motherhood (what does motherhood mean?)
   • maternity (what does maternity mean?)
   • sisterhood (what does sisterhood mean?)
   • sistership (what does sistership mean?)
   • brotherhood (what does brotherhood mean?)
   • marital relationship (what does marital relationship mean?)
   • marital bed (what does marital bed mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he didn”t want his wife to know of the relationship
   Hypernyms(s) relationship is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • state (what does state mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • anaclisis (what does anaclisis mean?)
   • love affair (what does love affair mean?)
   • romance (what does romance mean?)
   • sexual relationship (what does sexual relationship mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
   Hypernyms(s) relationship is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • state (what does state mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • account (what does account mean?)
   • business relationship (what does business relationship mean?)
   • acquaintance (what does acquaintance mean?)
   • acquaintanceship (what does acquaintanceship mean?)
   • affiliation (what does affiliation mean?)
   • association (what does association mean?)
   • tie (what does tie mean?)
   • tie-up (what does tie-up mean?)
   • assimilation (what does assimilation mean?)
   • friendship (what does friendship mean?)
   • friendly relationship (what does friendly relationship mean?)
   • membership (what does membership mean?)
   • subjugation (what does subjugation mean?)
   • subjection (what does subjection mean?)