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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The prime minister has headed to China, India and Saudi Arabia and made several stops in Europe seeking deals to expand Canada's economic relationships overseas.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

“I was seeking the wise and healthy way to work through my relationships so I could move forward,” she adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Machine learning systems can search millions of biological data points for subtle relationships that may be difficult to detect using conventional approaches.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

Many child stars also have professional relationships with their parents, which can blur boundaries and leave them vulnerable, Trautman said.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

As relationships between family and friends become strained or false, not only are people’s understandings of one another diminished, but, because people are social, they themselves are diminished as well.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander