Definition
- (noun) A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family. “Our family lives in town.”
- (noun) An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage. “1915, William T. Groves, A History and Genealogy of the Groves Family in America”
- (noun) A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together. “Our company is one big happy family.”
- (noun) Lineage, especially an honorable one
- (noun) A rank in the classification of organisms, below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank. “Magnolias belong to the family Magnoliaceae.”
- (noun) Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order. “Doliracetam is a drug from the racetam family.”
- (noun) A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production. “the brass family; the violin family”
- (noun) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language. “the Indo-European language family; the Afroasiatic language family”
- (noun) Used attributively. “For Apocynaceae, this type of flower is a family characteristic.”
- (adjective) Suitable for children and adults. “It's not good for a date, it's a family restaurant.”
- (adjective) Conservative, traditional. “The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.”
- (adjective) Homosexual. “I knew he was family when I first met him.”
Word stats
- Family contains 6 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
- It uses 6 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 14.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Family mean?
A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
How many letters are in Family?
Family has 6 letters.
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