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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You could have the smartest people in the world and the best relationships inside that company, all of them working brilliantly on exactly the wrong problem.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

“You’re going to pay for it one way or another — in your relationships, in your health, mental and physical.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Long-term research that follows people as they age will be needed to clarify these relationships.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

That distinction matters for Delhi, which wants to preserve its relationships with nations at odds with each other.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

I pretend that high school relationships last into college.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed