families

[fam-uh-leez, fam-leez] / ˈfæm ə liz, ˈfæm liz /

NOUN

kin, offspring; classification

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clan folk group house household people tribe

STRONG

ancestors ancestry birth blood brood children class descendants descent dynasty extraction forebears genealogy generations genre in-laws inheritance issue kind kindred line lineage network parentage pedigree progenitors progeny race relations relationship relatives siblings strain subdivision system

WEAK

heirs and assigns kith and kin menage ménage

Antonyms

STRONG

parent

Example Sentences

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families

U.S. court judgments don’t guarantee that families will recover assets, as the U.S. can’t force Cuba to return the seized properties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

By the 1990s, with his investments in more elegant buildings downtown, he was playing golf with Trump, and their families hung out together.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

The government added that it was also building more council homes to back "families at every stage".

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

The population also followed patrilocal residence, in which women typically moved to live with or near the families of their male partners.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

Other spirit visitors included a deceased brother, grandparents, uncles, and cousins from George’s and Sarah’s families.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock