fam
Inner circle, casually
Fam is slang for family, extended to close friends who feel like family.
It often serves as a casual term of address: What's up, fam?
The word emerged from Black American speech and spread through hip-hop and internet culture.
It signals warmth and solidarity without formality.
Those connected by blood
- siblingsFellow offspring
- cousinsRelatives through shared grandparents
- auntsParents' female siblings
- unclesParents' male siblings
grandparents · nieces · nephews · ancestors · descendants · bloodline · lineage · heritage
Working team aboard
- squadSmall working group
- homiesSlang for close friends
- brosInformal term for pals
- bestiesClosest companions, informally
ride-or-die · gang · posse · clique · tight-knit · loyalty · support · trust
State of proximity
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- warmthHeat you feel
- loveIntense fond attachment
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
caring · nurture · attachment · tenderness · trust · support · loyalty · connection
One's personal residence
- parentsMother and father
- childrenYoung human beings
- cohabitationDwelling together unmarried
- domesticityLife centered around home
hearth · residents · roommates · flatmates · dwelling · homestead · guardians · dependents
relatives
Those connected by blood
uncles · grandparents · nieces · nephews · ancestors · descendants · bloodline · lineage · heritage · genealogy
crew
Working team aboard
besties · ride-or-die · gang · posse · clique · tight-knit · loyalty · support · trust · friends
closeness
State of proximity
devotion · caring · nurture · attachment · tenderness · trust · support · loyalty · connection · embrace
home
One's personal residence
- parentsMother and father
- childrenYoung human beings
- cohabitationDwelling together unmarried
domesticity · hearth · residents · roommates · flatmates · dwelling · homestead · guardians · dependents · caretakers
famstranger
Person not yet known
outsider · acquaintance · randos · non-member · out-group
- family treeChart of ancestors
- family reunionGathering of relatives
- family photoImage of relatives together
- family memberPerson connected by blood
- crime familyCriminal organization by kinship
- family lifeShared household existence
family, fame, familiar, infamous, unfamiliar, families, familial, defame, infamy