family first
Kin before all
Family first is a principle or rallying cry asserting that obligations to relatives take priority over other commitments—career, friends, personal ambitions.
Often used to justify decisions or sacrifices: I turned down the promotion because family first.
The phrase can express genuine devotion or serve as a convenient excuse.
As a modifier, it describes policies prioritizing family needs: family-first workplace culture.
- kinshipState of being related
- blood relativesFamily by birth
- priorityStatus of greater importance
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- togethernessState of close connection
home · home life · loyalty · tradition · children · parents · heritage · bonds · household · roots · devotion · protection · nurturing · conservative · bloodline · commitment · unity · clan
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- lifestylessimple living, city life, minimalism, rural life, single life
- Mottoescarpe diem, be prepared, excelsior, always ready, liberty or death
- life lessonslesson learned, moral, lessons learned, life lessons, parable
family firstworkaholic
Compulsive labor addict
success-driven · career-oriented · ambitious · company man · status-seeking
family firstradical individualism
Belief in absolute personal sovereignty
looking out for number one · self-actualization · personal freedom · self-centered · every man for himself
family firstcorporate ladder
Organizational rank structure
hustle culture · rise and grind · career advancement · empire building · deadbeat
family, families, familial, familiar, familiarity, familiarize, familiarization, unfamiliar, first