belonging
Sense of home
Belonging is the feeling of being accepted and included in a group or place.
It answers the need to feel at home somewhere—with family, friends, a community, or even a location: After years of moving around, she finally felt a sense of belonging.
As a noun, belongings are possessions, the things that belong to you: He packed his belongings and left.
One's personal residence
- warmthHeat you feel
- togethernessState of close connection
- closenessState of proximity
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
bonding · attachment · rootedness · nestled · embrace · comfort · security · anchored
State of belonging
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- solidarityUnity among allies
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- cohesionTendency to bind together
collective · tribe · congregation · neighborhood · kinship · camaraderie · brotherhood · sisterhood
State of belonging
- allianceFormal union of parties
- associationGroup with shared aim
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- leagueAssociation or distance unit
guild · union · club · group · organization · fraternity · sorority · federation
Being made part
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- embracedHeld someone warmly
- acceptedFormally agreed to
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
validation · appreciation · respect · acknowledgment · affirmation · seen · valued · integration
Those connected by blood
- kinBlood-connected people
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- siblingsFellow offspring
- parentsMother and father
children · bloodline · genealogy · household · lineage · ancestors · descendants · relations
Individual identity, personhood
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
culture · tradition · ancestry · origin · homeland · motherland · fatherland · nativity
home
One's personal residence
- warmthHeat you feel
- togethernessState of close connection
- closenessState of proximity
intimacy · bonding · attachment · rootedness · nestled · embrace · comfort · security · anchored · grounded
membership
State of belonging
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- solidarityUnity among allies
- unityWholeness through cohesion
cohesion · collective · tribe · congregation · neighborhood · kinship · camaraderie · brotherhood · sisterhood · village
membership
State of belonging
- allianceFormal union of parties
- associationGroup with shared aim
- partnershipShared business arrangement
league · guild · union · club · group · organization · fraternity · sorority · federation · collective
inclusion
Being made part
recognition · validation · appreciation · respect · acknowledgment · affirmation · seen · valued · integration · tolerance
relatives
Those connected by blood
parents · children · bloodline · genealogy · household · lineage · ancestors · descendants · relations · tribe
selfhood
Individual identity, personhood
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
heritage · culture · tradition · ancestry · origin · homeland · motherland · fatherland · nativity · birthplace
- societysociety, social customs, class, citizen, social hierarchy
- family bondslove, parent-child bond, trust, sibling bond, loyalty
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- identityidentity, personal identity, self, selfhood, self-expression
- social conceptssociety, community, equality, justice, rights
- belonginginclusion, acceptance, community, connection, togetherness
belongingalienation
State of being isolated
exclusion · isolation · estrangement · rejection · marginalization
belongingalienation
State of being isolated
detachment · estrangement · disaffection · disconnection · aloofness
belongingdispossession
Deprival of property rights
unrelated · unconnected · alien · foreign · extraneous
- sense of belongingFeeling included and accepted
- personal belongingsOne's own items
- belonging toOwned by someone
- belonging to youPossessed by the listener
- belonging nowhere