families

[fam-uh-leez, fam-leez] / ˈfæm ə liz, ˈfæm liz /

NOUN

kin, offspring; classification

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clan folk group house household people tribe

STRONG

ancestors ancestry birth blood brood children class descendants descent dynasty extraction forebears genealogy generations genre in-laws inheritance issue kind kindred line lineage network parentage pedigree progenitors progeny race relations relationship relatives siblings strain subdivision system

WEAK

heirs and assigns kith and kin menage ménage

Antonyms

STRONG

parent

Example Sentences

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He initially thought his church would "help 10 to 20 families, and that's it".

From Barron's

For its part, PPC said the ruling "lacks legal basis and endangers... the welfare and stability of thousands of Panamanian families" who depend on its operations.

From Barron's

“The reason families all over the world can’t let a year go by without watching and loving ‘Home Alone’ together is because of Macaulay Culkin,” O’Hara said in her speech.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s been known, I suppose,” said the man grudgingly, “that people have been given the right to bring their families. Is that what you would be then? Family?”

From Literature

“I didn’t see her at all. We waited and waited, but she never arrived. We had to leave. That afternoon she had been meeting with some Polish families.”

From Literature