families
Clans and kin
Families is the plural of family—groups of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption, or who share a household.
The word appears in discussions of social structure: Many families struggle with childcare costs.
It extends to any close-knit group: crime families, military families.
In biology, families are taxonomic ranks grouping related genera.
One's personal residence
- cohabitationDwelling together unmarried
- parentingNurturing and guiding children
- marriageFormal union between partners
- homemakingManaging domestic life
chores · dinner · traditions · upbringing · hearth · coziness · stability · shelter
Those connected by blood
- siblingsFellow offspring
- parentsMother and father
- childrenYoung human beings
- cousinsRelatives through shared grandparents
grandparents · nephews · nieces · uncles · aunts · brothers · sisters · mother
Study of family descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- forebearsAncestral family members
progenitors · ancestors · dynasty · bloodline · pedigree · roots · origin · history
Taxonomic rank above species
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- classGrouping by shared traits
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
classification · kingdoms · genera · groupings · categories · related · biological · scientific
Attending to dependents
- upbringingChildhood care and training
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- bondingForming close connections
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
protection · fostering · love · parenting · development · supportive · encouragement · attachment
home
One's personal residence
- cohabitationDwelling together unmarried
- parentingNurturing and guiding children
- marriageFormal union between partners
homemaking · chores · dinner · traditions · upbringing · hearth · coziness · stability · shelter · mealtime
relatives
Those connected by blood
cousins · grandparents · nephews · nieces · uncles · aunts · brothers · sisters · mother · father
genealogy
Study of family descent
forebears · progenitors · ancestors · dynasty · bloodline · pedigree · roots · origin · history · predecessors
genus
Taxonomic rank above species
phylogeny · classification · kingdoms · genera · groupings · categories · related · biological · scientific · taxonomic
caregiving
Attending to dependents
- upbringingChildhood care and training
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- bondingForming close connections
guidance · protection · fostering · love · parenting · development · supportive · encouragement · attachment · closeness
battalion
Mid-sized military unit
regiment · division · brigade · corps · formation · detachment · squad · troop · contingent · legion
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- coloring subjectsanimals, butterflies, cats, dinosaurs, dogs
- kinshipmother, father, sister, brother, children
- populationspatients, inpatients, outpatients, elderly patients, stroke patients
- anthropology for childrencultures, diversity, customs, traditions, tribes
familiesindividuals
Separate, distinct people
loners · singletons · lone wolves · bachelors · spinsters
familiesstrangers
People unknown to you
outsiders · aliens · foreigners · unknowns · acquaintances
- immigrant familiesKin relocated from abroad
- familiar facePerson you recognize
- chosen familiesIntentional kinship networks
- extended familiesRelatives beyond parents and siblings
- familial obligationsDuties owed to relatives
- foster familiesTemporary child-rearing households
familiar, unfamiliar, familiarity, familial, familiarize, unfamiliarity, familiarly, familiarization, familiarized