relationship

[ri-ley-shuhn-ship] / rɪˈleɪ ʃənˌʃɪp /

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 up tie-in

WEAK

consociation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

divorce

STRONG

antagonism difference disassociation disconnection dissimilarity disunion division imbalance opposition separation unlikeness

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“This home automation has improved our relationship,” says Cavill, who lives in San Francisco.

From The Wall Street Journal

After the split, MS NOW ended its relationship with NBC News.

From Los Angeles Times

She looked into how the relationship between disability and fashion worked and "found this whole area of fashion that I had no idea even existed".

From BBC

This approach combines anatomical features with fossil ages to estimate evolutionary relationships and divergence times.

From Science Daily

You have a different relationship with the audience.

From Los Angeles Times

relationship

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