Synonyms: relationship, human relationship
Definition: a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)
Usage: the relationship between mothers and their children
Similar words: relation
Definition: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
Synonyms: relationship, family relationship, kinship
Definition: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
Similar words: relation
Definition: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
Synonyms: relationship
Definition: a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)
Usage: he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship
Similar words: state
Definition: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
Usage: the current state of knowledge; his state of health; in a weak financial state
Synonyms: relationship
Definition: a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
Similar words: state
Definition: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
Usage: the current state of knowledge; his state of health; in a weak financial state