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Synonyms of family

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Another word for family is kin. Other synonyms of family are kinfolk and class.

Synonyms and similar words for family

nounA category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that...

  • familiaThe paterfamilias, his legitimate descendants and their wives, all persons adopted into his family and their wives, and...

nounA group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.

  • language familyA set of languages which have evolved from a common ancestor.

nounRelatives.

nounMore synonyms

  • kinRace; family; breed; kind.
  • kinfolkRelatives, relations.
  • famA term of endearment between friends; derived from "family" but not used between relatives.
  • class

Meaning of family

  1. noun A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
  2. noun A group of related animals, usually a mother and offspring, a mating pair or larger lineages in some species.
  3. noun An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.

Full definition of family

family in other languages

Questions about synonyms of family

What is another word for family?
Family has 7 synonyms on Word.ws, such as kin, kinfolk and class.
What does family mean?
Family means a group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: family (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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