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family

[fam-uh-lee, fam-lee] / ˈfæm ə li, ˈfæm li /
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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Cissé didn’t have time to waste and filmed the video on a family vacation in Greece.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

I’m not a child of a wealthy Beverly Hills family.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

For Molly, the hardest part was keeping all that a secret from close friends and family, until the show's line-up was made public last week.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The story of the Birmingham-based crime family will be set 10 years after current movie Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

“She is part of the family too. What does it say in that book—The Three Musketeers, wasn’t it?—‘All for one and one for all.’”

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.