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THESAURUS
FAMILY

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Entry:  
family
Function:  
noun
Definition:  
offspring
Synonyms:  
ancestors, ancestry, birth, blood, brethren, brood, children, clan, class, descendants, descent, dynasty, extraction, folk, forebears, forefathers, genealogy, generations, genre, group, house, household, in-laws, inheritance, issue, kin, kind, kindred, line, lineage, ménage, network, offspring, parentage, paternity, patrimony, pedigree, people, progenitors, progeny, race, relations, relationship, relatives, siblings, strain, subdivision, system, tribe
Concept:  
family entity
Source:  
Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
Copyright © 2004 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.


Entry:  
association
Function:  
noun
Definition:  
group
Synonyms:  
affiliation, alliance, band, brotherhood, bunch, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, combo, company, confederacy, confederation, congress, cooperative, corporation, crew, crowd, family, federation, fellowship, fraternity, gang, guild, hookup, league, mob, order, organization, outfit, partnership, pool, rat pack, ring, society, syndicate, tie-in, tie-up, tribe, troops, troupe, union, zoo
Concept:  
group entity
Source:  
Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
Copyright © 2004 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.


Entry:  
blood
Function:  
noun
Definition:  
ancestry
Synonyms:  
birth, consanguinity, descendants, descent, extraction, family, kindred, kinship, line, lineage, origin, pedigree, relations, stock
Concept:  
family entity
Source:  
Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
Copyright © 2004 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.


Entry:  
breed
Function:  
noun
Definition:  
class
Synonyms:  
brand, character, extraction, family, feather, genus, ilk, kind, likes, line, lineage, lot, nature, number, pedigree, progeny, race, sort, species, stamp, stock, strain, stripe, type, variety
Concept:  
status/class
Source:  
Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
Copyright © 2004 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.


Entry:  
brood
Function:  
noun
Definition:  
cluster
Synonyms:  
breed, chicks, clutch, descendants, family, flock, hatch, infants, issue, litter, offspring, posterity, progeniture, progeny, scions, seed, young
Concept:  
family entity
Source:  
Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
Copyright © 2004 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.


Entry:  
brotherhood
Function:  
noun
Definition:  
friendship
Synonyms:  
affiliation, amity, association, brotherliness, camaraderie, companionship, comradeship, consanguinity, equality, family, family connection, fellowship, filiation, friendliness, intimacy, kinship, race, relationship, society
Concept:  
friendship
Source:  
Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
Copyright © 2004 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.


Entry:  
class
Function:  
noun
Definition:  
kind
Synonyms:  
branch, brand, breed, cast, caste, character, classification, collection, color, degree, denomination, department, description, designation, distinction, division, domain, estate, family, feather, frame, genre, genus, grade, grain, grouping, hierarchy, humor, ilk, kidney, league, make, mold, name, nature, order, origin, property, province, quality, range, rank, rate, school, sect, section, selection, set, source, species, sphere, standing, status, stripe, style, suit, temperament, value, variety
Concept:  
description
Source:  
Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
Copyright © 2004 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.


Entry:  
class
Function:  
noun
Definition:  
status
Synonyms:  
ancestry, birth, bourgeoisie, breed, caliber, caste, circle, clan, clique, club, company, condition, connection, coterie, cultural level, degree, derivation, descent, estate, extraction, family, genealogy, grade, hierarchy, influence, intelligentsia, league, lineage, moiety, nobility, origin, pecking order, pedigree, pigeonhole, place, position, prestige, quality, sect, social rank, source, sphere, standing, state, station, status, stock, strain, stratum, tier, title
Concept:  
status/class
Source:  
Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
Copyright © 2004 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.


Entry:  
commune
Function:  
noun
Definition:  
family
Synonyms:  
collective, commonage, commonality, community, cooperative, family, kibbutz, municipality, neighborhood, village
Concept:  
family entity
Source:  
Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
Copyright © 2004 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.


Entry:  
consanguinity
Function:  
noun
Definition:  
family
Synonyms:  
affiliation, affinity, agnate, blood-relationship, brotherhood, cognate, connection, family tie, filiation, kin, kindred, kindredship, kinship, lineage, race, strain
Concept:  
family entity
Source:  
Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
Copyright © 2004 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

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