FAMILIES Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

families

noun

plural of family

as in tribes

a group of persons who come from the same ancestor the Adams family made remarkable contributions to American life for more than two centuries

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in types

one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic the flute, the clarinet, the oboe, and other members of the woodwind family

Synonyms & Similar Words

Examples Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of families Magda Teter Jewish Middlemen, Archival Myopia The story of two Jewish trading families during the last decades of the Regency of Algiers is skewed by being told through the perspectives of only European and American actors. —

Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024 The sale had the backing of several of the Connecticut families of the Sandy Hook shooting who were part of the lawsuit. —

Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024 That has caused a crisis in the park, and there are families who have had to move against their will. —

Albinson Linares, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024 The story of two Jewish trading families during the last decades of the Regency of Algiers is skewed by being told through the perspectives of only European and American actors. —

Magda Teter, The New York Review of Books, 14 Nov. 2024 Embraer is the world’s third-largest plane maker and focuses on up to 150-seat single-aisle regional and executive aircraft, slightly smaller than Airbus’ and Boeing’s best-selling A320 and 737 families and rivalling the Airbus A220. —

Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024 The families in Texas and Connecticut have sparred in court over the liquidation process, with concerns over how the money will be distributed. —

Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024 Victims' families filed lawsuits in Connecticut and Texas accusing Jones of defaming them on his show and inflicting emotional distress by repeatedly suggesting that the shooting, in which a gunman killed 20 first-grade children and six adults, was a hoax. —

Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024 The families in the Texas and Connecticut lawsuits have sparred in court over the liquidation process, with concerns over how the money will be distributed. —

Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024

Recent Examples of Synonyms for families

Noun

Many tribes were critical of NAGPRA for empowering museums to make decisions about whether Indigenous people had valid connections to their ancestors.

Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
The Met and other museums with significant Native American collections are also being criticized for displaying work with descriptions that omit or minimize information about the wars, occupations, massacres, and exploitation that dominated the tribes’ past.

Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024