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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He hails from one of the country’s richest families and owns a multimillion-dollar mansion in north London.

From The Wall Street Journal

Scotland's finance secretary Shona Robison says the spending proposals help families and will aid efforts to eradicate child poverty.

From BBC

“What the data show is that for many families, price increases in everyday necessities reset their baseline,” Primerica CEO Glenn Williams wrote in an email to MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch

Last week, the Mississippi House took up a bill that would loosen limits on the creation of new charter schools and make it easier for families to transfer from one public school to another.

From The Wall Street Journal

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said Monday that her administration is acting to “crack down on the out-of-state special interests that are pumping our state dry while Arizona families and farmers suffer.”

From Los Angeles Times