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

Example Sentences

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The museum’s annual Costume Institute show, housed in a new exhibition space, pairs garments with works of art from its collection to illuminate the far-reaching relationship between style and the body.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Macron hopes to highlight France's renewed relationship with the continent as a "report card on his Africa policy", said one diplomat.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

In the published study, stimulation-seeking and impulsivity partly explained the relationship between striatal volume and psychopathy, accounting for 49.4 percent of the association.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

"Our relationship with food now is it's just something you eat to feed your belly, but that's not what it is."

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Jimmy had been happy to move his father to the Garden, partly because he believed the relationship with Ginny was, in his words, “plain wrong.”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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