Thesaurus / families
FEEDBACKsynonyms for families
synonyms for families
- clan
- folk
- group
- house
- household
- people
- tribe
- 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
- progeny
- race
- relations
- relationship
- relatives
- siblings
- strain
- subdivision
- system
- heirs and assigns
- kith and kin
- menage
- ménage
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These officers are bound to maintayne themselves and families with food and rayment by their owne and their servant's industrie.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.During his absence his own relations and the chief families in his town became the objects of persecution.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANThe decay and ruin of nearly all the "old families" in Ireland are among the penalties of disregarding it.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYForeign families of neutral nationality sought more tranquil asylum far beyond the suburbs or on ships lying in the harbour.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANIn fact, they had told a lie—they were deserting, instead of going to visit their families, as they said.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNIt was stated by the deputation that 5,000 families were dependent on the jewellery trades in Birmingham.
SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELLA few families, united to him by bonds of friendship, he still attended when they required the services of a physician.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINOrgan pipes are divided into three families—Flues, Reeds and Diaphones.
THE RECENT REVOLUTION IN ORGAN BUILDINGGEORGE LAING MILLERHer mother—Mrs. Leslie—belongs to one of the old San Francisco families, and had always known my mother.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONFortune has made me know many of your county families and members of Parliament.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKESYNONYM OF THE DAY
SEPTEMBER 19, 2021