Definition of Family

1. Noun. A social unit living together. "The teacher asked how many people made up his home"


2. Noun. Primary social group; parents and children. "He wanted to have a good job before starting a family"
Exact synonyms: Family Unit
Generic synonyms: Clan, Kin, Kin Group, Kindred, Kinship Group, Tribe
Specialized synonyms: Couple, Match, Mates, Man And Wife, Marriage, Married Couple
Specialized synonyms: Bronte Sisters, Marx Brothers
Member holonyms: Child, Kid, Parent, Sib, Sibling
Derivative terms: Familial

3. Noun. A collection of things sharing a common attribute. "There are two classes of detergents"

4. Noun. People descended from a common ancestor. "His family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"

5. Noun. A person having kinship with another or others. "He's family"
Exact synonyms: Kin, Kinsperson
Specialized synonyms: Affine
Generic synonyms: Relation, Relative
Derivative terms: Familial, Kin, Kinship

6. Noun. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera. "Sharks belong to the fish family"

7. Noun. A loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities.
Exact synonyms: Crime Syndicate, Mob, Syndicate
Generic synonyms: Gangdom, Gangland, Organized Crime
Specialized synonyms: Cosa Nostra, Maffia, Mafia
Derivative terms: Mobster

8. Noun. An association of people who share common beliefs or activities. "The church welcomed new members into its fellowship"
Exact synonyms: Fellowship
Generic synonyms: Association
Specialized synonyms: Koinonia
Derivative terms: Fellow

Definition of Family

1. n. The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.

Definition of Family

1. Noun. A father, mother and their sons and daughters; also called ''nuclear family''. ¹

2. Noun. A group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom. ¹

3. Noun. A kin, tribe; also called ''extended family''. ¹

4. Noun. (countable biology taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank. ¹

5. Noun. A group of people who live together, or one that is similar to one that is related by blood, marriage, law, or custom, or members of one's intimate social group. ¹

6. Noun. Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order. ¹

7. Noun. (countable music) A group of instrument having the same basic method of tone production. ¹

8. Noun. (countable linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language. ¹

9. Noun. (non-gloss definition Used attributively.) ¹

10. Adjective. Suitable for children and adults. ¹

11. Adjective. Conservative, traditional. ¹

12. Adjective. (slang) Homosexual. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Family

1. a group of persons related by blood or marriage [n -LIES]

Medical Definition of Family

1. A taxonomic classification between genus and order. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family

familiarnesses
familiars
familiary
familicidal
familicide
familicides
families
familism
familisms
familist
familisteries
familistery
familistic
familistical
famils
family-size
family Acanthaceae
family Acanthisittidae
family Acanthuridae
family Acaridae
family Accipitridae
family Aceraceae
family Acipenseridae
family Acrididae
family Actinidiaceae
family Actinomycetaceae
family Adelgidae
family Adiantaceae
family Aegypiidae

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