relationships

NOUN

connection; friendship

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accord affair communication contact exchange liaison link marriage rapport relation tie

STRONG

affiliation affinity alliance analogy appositeness association bond conjunction consanguinity contingency correlation dependence dependency homogeneity hookup interconnection interrelation interrelationship kinship likeness nearness network parallel pertinence pertinency proportion ratio relativity relevance similarity tie-in tie-up

WEAK

consociation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

divorce

STRONG

antagonism difference disassociation disconnection dissimilarity disunion division imbalance opposition separation unlikeness

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As someone who is a commitment-phobe about nearly everything but relationships, I found this realization oddly consequential.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

When Emily moved to St Illtyd's Catholic High School in Cardiff, she completed the short survey, developed for Llamau by Cardiff University, which asked about pupil's relationships, mental health and living situation.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

“I was seeking the wise and healthy way to work through my relationships so I could move forward,” she adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

However, individual Roseburia species did not all show the same relationships.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

The Raleigh accent is soft and beautifully cadenced, but my brother's is a more complex hybrid, informed by his professional relationships with marble-mouthed, deep-country work crews and his abiding love of hard-core rap music.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris