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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“There are a lot of relationships that we’ll be able to have access to,” within the drone sector, said Bains, a former sea captain turned entrepreneur.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Expect him to sidestep such tricky questions and instead talk up the importance of building relationships and respecting the Good Friday Agreement.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

The team also reevaluated three enigmatic Paleozoic hexapods using detailed comparisons of their anatomy and evolutionary relationships.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

“We spent decades building relationships with these Canadian importers, retailers, restaurants, even consumers building a brand in Canada,” Berge said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Rather, foragers lived in communes devoid of private property, monogamous relationships and even fatherhood.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari