Family

/ˈfɛm(ɘ)li/

noun

  1. A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.

    Our family lives in town.

  2. An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.

    1915, William T. Groves, A History and Genealogy of the Groves Family in America

  3. A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.

    Our company is one big happy family.

Synonyms: flesh and blood, kin, kinfolk

adjective

  1. Suitable for children and adults.

    It's not good for a date, it's a family restaurant.

  2. Conservative, traditional.

    The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.

  3. Homosexual.

    I knew he was family when I first met him.

noun

  1. A person belonging to a particular family; a close relative or relation.

Synonyms: family, family, member

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