Definition of family

noun (n)

• a social unit living together (noun.group)

  Synonym: home, house, household, menage
  

  Example:
  He moved his family to Virginia.
  

  source: wordnet30
• primary social group; parents and children (noun.group)

  Synonym: family unit
  

  Example:
  He wanted to have a good job before starting a family.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a collection of things sharing a common attribute (noun.group)

  Synonym: category, class
  

  source: wordnet30
• people descended from a common ancestor (noun.group)

  Synonym: family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept
  

  Example:
  His family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a person having kinship with another or others (noun.person)

  Synonym: kin, kinsperson
  

  Example:
  He's family.
  

  source: wordnet30
• (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group)

  Example:
  Sharks belong to the fish family.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities (noun.group)

  Synonym: crime syndicate, mob, syndicate
  

  source: wordnet30
• an association of people who share common beliefs or activities (noun.group)

  Synonym: fellowship
  

  Example:
  The message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family.
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913

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