family

1. 1

   A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.countableuncountable

   • Our family lives in town.
2. 2

   A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.; A group of related animals, usually a mother and offspring, a mating pair or larger lineages in some species.collectivecountableuncountable

3. 3

   An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.countableuncountable

4. 4

   A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.countableuncountable

   • The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.
   • We must preserve the family unit if we want to save civilisation!
5. 5

   Members of one's family collectively.uncountable

   • I have a lot of family in Australia.
   • He has a sister, but no other family.
6. 6

   A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.countableuncountable

   • crime family, Mafia family
   • This is my fraternity family at the university.
7. 7

   A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.; The gay community.slanguncountable

   • […]This is not your hallmark im Ames, Iowa. And there is “family” working there . . . no radar like gaydar, I always say.
8. 8

   Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.uncountable

   • Indeed, he married her for love. A whisper still goes about that she had not even 'family'; howbeit, Sir Leicester had so much family that perhaps he had enough and could dispense with any more.
9. 9

   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.countableuncountable

   • Doliracetam is a drug from the racetam family.
10. 10

    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.; A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.countableuncountable

    • Magnolias belong to the family Magnoliaceae.

syn. flesh and blood · kin · kinfolk · fam · class

1. 1

   Suitable for children and adults.not-comparable

   • It's not good for a date, it's a family restaurant.
   • Some animated movies are not just for kids, they are family movies.
2. 2

   Homosexual.not-comparableslang

   • I knew he was family when I first met him.