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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She hopes that by offering them for sale here, it can help take "a big pressure" off families who might otherwise struggle to afford them.

From BBC

Josh MacAlister, the children and families minister for England, apologised to families who have received "support from services that isn't good enough".

From BBC

The headline measure in the strategy is a plan to subsidise more than half of all childcare costs for working families by April 2032.

From BBC

McArthur accused those who rejected the bill of a "woefully inadequate response to the suffering and trauma experienced by dying Scots and their families".

From BBC

In 2006, she founded the Kis Foundation, an organization that seeks to support sickle cell disease patients and their families, following years of other advocacy efforts.

From Los Angeles Times