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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Investigators are in the process of interviewing those witnesses as they piece together what happened at an event filled with new graduates and their families.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

It "was planned long in advance" and created ongoing suffering among victims and their families that is "simply indescribable," prosecutor Matthias Boettcher told the court.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

At North Mead Primary Academy in Leicester, almost half the pupils are on free school meals because they are from the lowest income families.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Housing voucher programs that enable low-income families to move to better neighborhoods raise children’s lifetime earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The leaders explain that many families don’t have electricity and we may need to teach some of our classes in the evenings after they’re done with the farmwork.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar