relation

Main Entry:
relation [ri-ley-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: connection, family connection
Synonyms: affiliation, affinity, alliance, association, consanguinity, kin, kindred, kinship, kinsperson, liaison, propinquity, relationship, relative, sibling, similarity
Main Entry: affinity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: similarity
Synonyms: alikeness, alliance, analogy, association, closeness, connection, correspondence, kinship, likeness, relation, relationship, resemblance, semblance, similitude
Notes: an affinity is a relationship by marriage and consanguinity is a blood relationship
Antonyms: dissimilarity
Main Entry: alliance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: friendly association, agreement
Synonyms: accord, affiliation, affinity, betrothal, bond, coalition, coherence, collaboration, collusion, combination, communion, compact, concord, concurrence, confederacy, confederation, congruity, conjunction, connection, consanguinity, cooperation, engagement, entente, federation, fraternization, friendship, interrelation, kinship, league, marriage, matrimony, membership, mutuality, pact, participation, partnership, relation, support, tie, treaty, union
Antonyms: antagonism, discord, disunion, divorce, estrangement, hostility, rebellion, separation, war
Main Entry: analogy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: agreement, similarity
Synonyms: affinity, alikeness, comparison, correlation, correspondence, equivalence, homology, likeness, metaphor, parallel, relation, relationship, resemblance, semblance, simile, similitude
Notes: analogy is when two different things share characteristics that lead to a comparison between them; an analogue is one of the things compared
Antonyms: disagreement, dissimilarity, unlikeness
Main Entry: anecdote
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: interesting or amusing story
Synonyms: chestnut, episode, fairy tale, fish story, gag, incident, long and short of it, narration, narrative, old chestnut, recital, relation, reminiscence, short story, sketch, tale, tall story, tall tale, yarn
Notes: an antidote is a remedy or other agent used to neutralize or counteract the effects of a poison; an agent is a force or substance that relieves or counteracts; an anecdote is a short account of an interesting or humorous incident
Main Entry: association
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: friendship
Synonyms: acquaintance, acquaintanceship, affiliation, agreement, assistance, camaraderie, companionship, comradeship, conjunction, cooperation, familiarity, fellowship, fraternization, frequenting, friendliness, hookup, intimacy, membership, participation, partnership, relation, relationship
Antonyms: aloneness, antagonism, disunion, isolation, opposition, rivalry, seclusion, separation, solitude
Main Entry: association
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mental connection
Synonyms: bond, combination, concomitance, concordance, connotation, correlation, identification, impression, joining, juxtaposition, linkage, linking, lumping together, mixing, mixture, pairing, recollection, relation, remembrance, tie, train of thought, union
Antonyms: disassociation, division, separation
Main Entry: bearing
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: significance
Synonyms: application, connection, import, meaning, pertinence, reference, relation, relevance, weight
Main Entry: brother
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: male sibling
Synonyms: blood brother, kin, kinsperson, relation, relative, twin
Antonyms: sister
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