family (Meaning)
family (n)
a social unit living together
primary social group; parents and children
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
people descended from a common ancestor
a person having kinship with another or others
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
family (v. t.)
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.
The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.
Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family.
Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.
Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.
A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.
A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.
Synonyms & Antonyms of family
Synonyms:
- offspring
- extended family
- issue
- blended family
- scion
- kinsman
- nuclear family
- seed
- kith
- brood
- line
- progeny
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
family Sentence Examples
- The vast family of languages spoken in India includes Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, and Tamil.
- The family gathered at the ancestral home to celebrate their patriarch's birthday.
- The new family of computers is faster and more powerful than anything on the market.
- The family of animals known as the Canidae includes dogs, wolves, foxes, and jackals.
- The family of birds known as the Corvidae includes crows, ravens, magpies, and jays.
- The family of plants known as the Solanaceae includes tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, and peppers.
- The family of minerals known as the carbonates includes calcite, aragonite, and dolomite.
- The family of chemical compounds known as the hydrocarbons includes methane, ethane, and propane.
- The family of mathematical functions known as the polynomials includes linear, quadratic, and cubic functions.
- The family of physical laws known as the laws of thermodynamics includes the laws of conservation of energy and entropy.
FAQs About the word family
a social unit living together, primary social group; parents and children, a collection of things sharing a common attribute, people descended from a common anc
people,clan, tribe, house, race, folks, household, stock, kinfolk, descendant
descent, birth, extraction,birth, origin, extraction, origin, descent,ancestry, pedigree
The vast family of languages spoken in India includes Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, and Tamil.
The family gathered at the ancestral home to celebrate their patriarch's birthday.
The new family of computers is faster and more powerful than anything on the market.
The family of animals known as the Canidae includes dogs, wolves, foxes, and jackals.
