Family
/ˈfɛm(ɘ)li/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Family
noun
- A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
"Our family lives in town."
- An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
"1915, William T. Groves, A History and Genealogy of the Groves Family in America"
- A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
"Our company is one big happy family."
- Lineage, especially an honorable one
- A rank in the classification of organisms, below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
"Magnolias belong to the family Magnoliaceae."
adjective
- Suitable for children and adults.
"It's not good for a date, it's a family restaurant."
- Conservative, traditional.
"The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality."
- Homosexual.
"I knew he was family when I first met him."
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SYNONYMS
flesh and bloodkinkinfolkfamilymember