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

Example Sentences

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Under Lund, BP chief executive Bob Dudley departed in early 2020, replaced by Bernard Looney, who was sacked over his failure to disclose past relationships with colleagues.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Looney quit in 2023 after he was found to have committed "serious misconduct" in failing to disclose relationships with colleagues.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Just two years ago, BP dismissed its CEO at the time, Bernard Looney, over personal relationships with colleagues.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Ali becomes romantically entangled with an older boy named Knuck and falls in love with music, but female relationships form the core of the story.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

So far his social life had been neatly divided into two separate relationships: one with Dorothy, one with the guys.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli