relationships

NOUN

connection; friendship

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accord affair communication contact exchange liaison link marriage rapport relation tie

STRONG

affiliation affinity alliance analogy appositeness association bond conjunction consanguinity contingency correlation dependence dependency homogeneity hookup interconnection interrelation interrelationship kinship likeness nearness network parallel pertinence pertinency proportion ratio relativity relevance similarity tie-in tie-up

WEAK

consociation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

divorce

STRONG

antagonism difference disassociation disconnection dissimilarity disunion division imbalance opposition separation unlikeness

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Those included the number used by a mother of one of the journalists, who is a mental-health professional with confidential client relationships, the letter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

This allowed them to build a phylogenetic tree, a model that maps relationships between species and estimates when different branches separated over time.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

And Johns Hopkins has launched a three-year program to research remedies, including waivers in the case of long-established doctor-patient relationships.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

In her seven months there she was building "good relationships" with nurses and "got on well", David said.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

His remembrances are accepted as part of the record of Jefferson’s life and relationships with the people who labored for his “happiness,” as Jefferson once said of Monticello’s enslaved workers.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis