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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relationships

I feel Japanese fashion in L.A. has gotten more popular and I think fashion is just a universal language we all speak — that’s how I’ve built relationships with people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

As I began to understand the relationships among so many people, I started to wonder about the extended family of the adults.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

When I think of my creative direct report, I think of those articles about men in relationships who aren’t bad enough to break up with.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Its relationships with SoftBank, OpenAI and Nvidia stretch the possibilities of circular financing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

In one society, homosexual relationships might have been accepted, while in the other they were taboo.

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