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family > 8 senses
NOUN1family, household, house, home, menageA social unit living together
2family, family unitPrimary social group
3family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratryPeople descended from a common ancestor
4family, class, categoryA collection of things sharing a common attribute
5family, fellowshipAn association of people who share common beliefs or activities
6family(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
7family, kin, kinspersonA person having kinship with another or others
8family, syndicate, crime syndicate, mobA loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
family > pronunciation
Soundsfae'mahliy; fae'mliy
Rhymesably, abnormally, abruptly, and 1495 more rhymes in liy at the HyperDic website...
family > noun 1, group
MeaningA social unit living together.
Examples"he moved his family to Virginia"
Synonymshousehold, house, home, menage
Narrowernuclear family, conjugal family; extended family; foster family; foster home; menage a trois
Broaderunit, social unit
family > noun 2, group
MeaningPrimary social group. Parents and children.
Examples"he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"
Synonymsfamily unit
Memberschild, kid; parent; sibling, sib
Narrowercouple, mates, match; marriage, married couple, man and wife; Marx Brothers
Broaderkin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe
Adjectivesfamilial
family > noun 3, group
MeaningPeople descended from a common ancestor.
Examples"his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
Synonymsfamily line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
Narrowerpeople; homefolk; house; dynasty; name, gens
Broaderlineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
family > noun 4, group
MeaningA collection of things sharing a common attribute.
Synonymsclass, category
Memberssuperphylum
NarrowerLarvacea, class Larvacea; Diplopoda, class Diplopoda, Myriapoda, class Myriapoda; Malacostraca, subclass Malacostraca; grammatical category, syntactic category; substitution class, paradigm; stamp; sex; declension; conjugation; denomination
Broadercollection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
family > noun 5, group
MeaningAn association of people who share common beliefs or activities.
Examples"the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"
Synonymsfellowship
Narrowerkoinonia
Broaderassociation
family > noun 6, group
Meaning(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera.
Examples"sharks belong to the fish family"
Categorybiology, biological science
Member oforder
MembersBunyaviridae; Togaviridae; Flaviviridae; Arenaviridae; Rhabdoviridae; Reoviridae; subfamily; tribe; genus
NarrowerFiloviridae; bacteria family; protoctist family; Endamoebidae, family Endamoebidae; fish family; chordate family; bird family; amphibian family; reptile family; arthropod family; mammal family; coelenterate family; ctenophore family; worm family; mollusk family; Panorpidae, family Panorpidae; Bittacidae, family Bittacidae; echinoderm family; form family; moss family; monocot family, liliopsid family; dicot family, magnoliopsid family; fungus family; plant family; fern family
Broadertaxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
family > noun 7, person
MeaningA person having kinship with another or others.
Examples"he's family"
Synonymskin, kinsperson
Narroweraffine
Broaderrelative, relation
family > noun 8, group
MeaningA loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities.
Synonymssyndicate, crime syndicate, mob
NarrowerMafia, Maffia, Cosa Nostra
Broaderorganized crime, gangland, gangdom

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