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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ethnic group; family |
| Synonyms: | association, blood, caste, clan, class, division, dynasty, horde, house, ilk, kin, kind, kindred, lineage, people, race, seed, society, sort, stock, type |
| Main Entry: | clan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family, clique |
| Synonyms: | association, band, bunch, club, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, faction, folks, gang, group, house, insiders, kinfolks, mob, moiety, organization, outfit, race, ring, sect, set, society, sodality, stock, tribe |
| Main Entry: | family |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kin, offspring; classification |
| Synonyms: | ancestors, ancestry, birth, blood, brood, children, clan, class, descendants, descent, dynasty, extraction, folk, forebears, genealogy, generations, genre, group, heirs and assigns, house, household, in-laws, inheritance, issue, kind, kindred, kith and kin, line, lineage, ménage, network, parentage, pedigree, people, progenitors, progeny, race, relations, relationship, relatives, siblings, strain, subdivision, system, tribe |
| Main Entry: | federation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | partnership, organization |
| Synonyms: | alliance, amalgamation, association, bunch, coalition, combination, confederacy, crew, crowd, entente, family, federacy, gang, league, mob, outfit, pool, ring, syndicate, syndication, tribe, union |
| Main Entry: | folk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's relations, acquaintances |
| Synonyms: | body politic, clan, community, confederation, culture group, ethnic group, family, general public, group, house, household, inhabitants, kin, kindred, lineage, masses, ménage, nation, nationality, people, population, proletariat, public, race, settlement, society, state, stock, tribe |
| Main Entry: | folks |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family |
| Synonyms: | brood, clan, horde, household, kin, parents, people, relatives, tribe |
| Main Entry: | gang |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group, mob of people |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, band, bunch, circle, clan, clique, club, cluster, combo, company, coterie, crew, crowd, herd, horde, knot, lot, organization, outfit, pack, party, posse, ring, set, shift, squad, syndicate, team, tribe, troop, troupe, workers, zoo |
| Main Entry: | house |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family, ancestry |
| Synonyms: | clan, dynasty, family tree, folk, folks, household, kin, kindred, line, lineage, ménage, race, stock, tradition, tribe |
| Notes: | a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included |
| Main Entry: | kin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blood relative |
| Synonyms: | affinity, blood, clan, connection, consanguinity, cousin, extraction, family, folk, house, kindred, kinsfolk, kinship, kinsperson, kith, lineage, member, people, race, relation, relationship, sibling, stock, tribe |
| Notes: | your family or relatives are kin; your friends, neighbors, and acquaintances are kith |
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