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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However, these relationships do not appear to be identical across different populations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

Traditional approaches to studying cause-and-effect relationships are often not possible when investigating populations and ecosystems, which are large, complex and messy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

And that’s a critical strength in both relationships and in the ways we watch and digest art.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

Those include using the technology to evaluate complex risk factors and relationships to determine more precise prices that reflect the underlying level of risk for certain policies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

There is another set of names that is commonly used, particularly in classical music, to talk about harmonic relationships.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones