family
noun
us
/ˈfæm.əl.i/ uk
/ˈfæm.əl.i/family noun (SOCIAL GROUP)
B1 [ C usually singular, U + sing/pl verb ]
the children of a family:
- childWe have three children, two girls and a boy.
- sonMy son is getting married in the spring.
- daughterHer daughter works for a company in the Netherlands.
- kidMy two kids are both grown up now.
- offspringI'm sure you'll be relieved once your offspring grow up and leave home.
- broodMy sister descended on me with her brood of five.
- anti-family
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- baby mama
- father
- fatherhood
- filial
- filially
- first cousin
- kinship
- kinsman
- kinswoman
- kith and kin
- long-lost
- relational
- relationally
- relationship
- relative
- removed
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family noun (BIOLOGICAL GROUP)
- Pecans come from the same family as the hickory.
- Cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and brussel sprouts are all in the brassica family.
family noun (SIMILAR THINGS)
- Hydrotherapy refers to a family of therapies that treat conditions using water.
- The research describes a new family of algorithms for manipulating compressed images.
- This is one of a family of proteins that can kill bacteria by rupturing their cell membranes.
- The condition appears to be in the same family of diseases as paralytic polio and MS.
- This is the most successful new product family in the company's history.
- -esque
- adjacent
- affinity
- akin
- alike
- allied
- ballpark
- congruent
- ditto
- equivalence
- equivalency
- equivalent
- equivalently
- non-distinctive
- not make any difference idiom
- of the kind idiom
- one and the same idiom
- or something (like that) idiom
- respecter
- synonymous
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