relationships

NOUN

connection; friendship

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accord affair communication contact exchange liaison link marriage rapport relation tie

STRONG

affiliation affinity alliance analogy appositeness association bond conjunction consanguinity contingency correlation dependence dependency homogeneity hookup interconnection interrelation interrelationship kinship likeness nearness network parallel pertinence pertinency proportion ratio relativity relevance similarity tie-in tie-up

WEAK

consociation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

divorce

STRONG

antagonism difference disassociation disconnection dissimilarity disunion division imbalance opposition separation unlikeness

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relationships

This then hampers them in education, work and relationships.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The story is not complicated, but the relationships it describes are messy: Jake Barnes, an American war veteran, works as a newspaperman in Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The relationships existed beside each other, awkwardly but honestly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

If human disturbance makes it easier for new "invaders" to enter these relationships, even when those species are native, other mutualistic partnerships could also become destabilized.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

A person’s relationship with food is one of their most important relationships.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini