Synonyms: family, family unit
Definition: primary social group; parents and children
Usage: he wanted to have a good job before starting a family
Similar words: kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, clan, tribe
Definition: group of people related by blood or marriage
Synonyms: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept
Definition: people descended from a common ancestor
Usage: his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower
Similar words: pedigree, parentage, origin, blood, blood line, bloodline, ancestry, line, line of descent, lineage, descent, stemma, stock
Definition: the descendants of one individual
Usage: his entire lineage has been warriors
Synonyms: class, category, family
Definition: a collection of things sharing a common attribute
Usage: there are two classes of detergents
Similar words: aggregation, accumulation, assemblage, collection
Definition: several things grouped together or considered as a whole
Synonyms: home, house, household, family, menage
Definition: a social unit living together
Usage: he moved his family to Virginia; It was a good Christian household; I waited until the whole house was asleep; the teacher asked how many people made up his home
Similar words: unit, social unit
Definition: an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
Usage: the coach said the offensive unit did a good job; after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit
Synonyms: family
Definition: (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
Usage: sharks belong to the fish family
Similar words: taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group
Definition: animal or plant group having natural relations
Synonyms: family, fellowship
Definition: an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
Usage: the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family; the church welcomed new members into its fellowship
Similar words: association
Definition: a formal organization of people or groups of people
Usage: he joined the Modern Language Association
Synonyms: crime syndicate, syndicate, mob, family
Definition: a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
Similar words: gangdom, gangland, organized crime
Definition: underworld organizations
Synonyms: family, kin, kinsperson
Definition: a person having kinship with another or others
Usage: he's kin; he's family
Similar words: relation, relative
Definition: a person related by blood or marriage
Usage: police are searching for relatives of the deceased; he has distant relations back in New Jersey