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

For example, OutKast’s “Hey Ya” sounds happy, but it’s about loveless relationships.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Laura McGarry, of fundraising consultancy Graham-Pelton, said the charities best placed to benefit are those that already have relationships with the newly wealthy.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Friendships, like all relationships, go through peaks and valleys.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

The team combined traditional paleontological techniques with machine learning models that account for evolutionary relationships.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Then I added more coolly, “Gender relationships are a very...private matter for me.”

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

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