Letters that make family
a, f, l, m, i, y are letters that make 'family'
8 possible definitions for 'family'
Under this definition, family is a noun and has the following properties:
kinsperson, kin have the same meaning as 'family'
affine is a type of family.
transmissible, inherited, relationship, hereditary, familial, genetic, transmitted, akin(p), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin(p), kinship, family relationship are derivatives of 'family'.
"he's kin", "he's family"
Under this definition, family is a noun and has the following properties:
fellowship has the same meaning as family
'family' can be a type of association.
koinonia is a type of family.
"the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family", "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship"
Under this definition, family is a noun and has the following properties:
'family' can be a type of social unit, unit.
broken home, nuclear family, extended family, foster family, foster home, menage a trois, conjugal family are types of 'family'.
homeowner, householder, home are derivatives of 'family'.
"he moved his family to Virginia", "It was a good Christian household", "I waited until the whole house was asleep", "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"
Under this definition, family is a noun and has the following properties:
'family' can be a type of pedigree, bloodline, line of descent, blood line, ancestry, parentage, descent, line, lineage, origin, stemma, blood, stock.
"his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
Under this definition, family is a noun and has the following properties:
family unit has the same meaning as family
mates, married couple, man and wife, marriage, match, couple are types of 'family'.
Bronte sisters, Marx Brothers. are instances of 'family'
familial is a derivative of family.
"he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"
Under this definition, family is a noun and has the following properties:
'family' can be a type of taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon.
mammal family, coelenterate family, ctenophore family, worm family, mollusk family, Panorpidae, family Panorpidae, Bittacidae, family Bittacidae, echinoderm family, moss family, monocot family, liliopsid family, dicot family, fungus family, plant family, form family, magnoliopsid family, reptile family, arthropod family, Filoviridae, bacteria family, protoctist family, Endamoebidae, family Endamoebidae, fish family, chordate family, bird family, amphibian family, fern family are types of 'family'.
'family' can be a member of order.
subfamily, genus, tribe, Bunyaviridae, Togaviridae, Flaviviridae, Arenaviridae, Rhabdoviridae, Reoviridae are members of 'family'.
'family' can be a category of biology, biological science.
"sharks belong to the fish family"
Under this definition, family is a noun and has the following properties:
crime syndicate, mob, syndicate have the same meaning as 'family'
'family' can be a type of organized crime, gangland, gangdom.
Maffia, Cosa Nostra, Mafia are types of 'family'.
Under this definition, family is a noun and has the following properties:
'family' can be a type of accumulation, collection, aggregation, assemblage.
brass family, violin family, woodwind family, declension, histocompatibility complex, sex, stamp, denomination, conjugation, substitution class, paradigm, grammatical category, syntactic category are types of 'family'.
superphylum is a member of family.
categorical, sort out, classify, assort, categorize, categorise, relegate, sort, separate, class, categorial, categoric are derivatives of 'family'.