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nnoun.groupa social unit living togetherSynset:home house household menage
Examples:- he moved his family to Virginia
- It was a good Christian household
- I waited until the whole house was asleep
- the teacher asked how many people made up his home
- the family refused to accept his will
Derivationally Related Form:householderhome
Hypernyms:social unit unit
Inherited Hypernyms:familyunitorganizationsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:broken homeconjugal familyextended familyfoster familyfoster homemenage a troisnuclear family
Full Hyponyms:broken homeextended familyfoster familyfoster homemenage a troisnuclear family
nnoun.groupprimary social group; parents and childrenSynset:family unit
Examples:- he wanted to have a good job before starting a family
Derivationally Related Form:familial
Hypernyms:clan kin kin group kindred kinship group tribe
Inherited Hypernyms:familykinsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:coupleman and wifemarriagemarried couplematchmates
Instance Hyponyms:Bronte sisters Marx Brothers
Member Meronyms:child kid parent sib sibling
Full Hyponyms:coupledinkmarriagemixed marriagepower couple
nnoun.groupa collection of things sharing a common attributeSynset:category class
Examples:- there are two classes of detergents
Derivationally Related Form:classclassifycategorizecategoriccategorialcategorical
Hypernyms:accumulation aggregation assemblage collection
Inherited Hypernyms:classcollectiongroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:brass familyconjugationdeclensiondenominationgrammatical categoryhistocompatibility complexparadigmsexstampsubstitution classsyntactic categoryviolin familywoodwind family
Member Meronyms:superphylum
Full Hyponyms:ablativeaccusativeadjectiveadverbaffected roleagentive roleaoristattributive genitiveauxiliary verbbenefactive rolebrass familycaseconjugationdativedeclensiondenominationdoubly transitive verbfemininefirst personfuturefuture perfectfuture progressivegendergenitivegrammatical categoryhistocompatibility complexhistorical presentinfinitiveinstrumental roleintransitive verblocative rolemajor form classmasculinemodal auxiliary verbneuternominativenounnumberobliquepart of speechparticiplepastpast participlepast perfectpast progressiveperfectivepersonphrasal verbpresentpresent participlepresent perfectpresent progressivepreteritprogressiverecipient roleresultant rolesecond personsemantic rolesexsplit infinitivestampsubstitution classtemporal roletensethird persontransitive verbverbviolin familyvocativewoodwind family
nnoun.grouppeople descended from a common ancestorSynset:family line folk kinfolk kinsfolk phratry sept
Examples:- his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower
Hypernyms:ancestry blood blood line bloodline descent line line of descent lineage origin parentage pedigree stemma stock
Inherited Hypernyms:familylineagegenealogykinsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:dynastygenshomefolkhousenamepeople
Full Hyponyms:bourboncapetian dynastycarolingian dynastydynastyflavian dynastyhabsburghanhanoverhohenzollernhomefolkhouselancasterliaomedicimerovingianmingnameottomanpeopleplantagenetptolemyqinqingromanovroyaltysaxe-coburg-gothaseljukshangstuartsungtangtudorumayyadvaloisweiwindsoryorkyuanzhou
nnoun.persona person having kinship with another or othersSynset:kin kinsperson
Derivationally Related Form:kinkinshipfamilial
Hypernyms:relation relative
Inherited Hypernyms:kinrelativepersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:kinrelativepersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:affine
nnoun.group(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more generaTopic:biological sciencebiology
Examples:- sharks belong to the fish family
Member Holonyms:order
Hypernyms:taxon taxonomic category taxonomic group
Inherited Hypernyms:familytaxonomic groupbiological groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:BittacidaeEndamoebidaeFiloviridaePanorpidaeamphibian familyarthropod familybacteria familybird familychordate familycoelenterate familyctenophore familydicot familyechinoderm familyfamily Bittacidaefamily Endamoebidaefamily Panorpidaefern familyfish familyform familyfungus familyliliopsid familymagnoliopsid familymammal familymollusk familymonocot familymoss familyplant familyprotoctist familyreptile familyworm family
Member Meronyms:Arenaviridae Bunyaviridae Flaviviridae genus Reoviridae Rhabdoviridae subfamily Togaviridae tribe
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nnoun.groupa loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activitiesSynset:crime syndicate mob syndicate
Derivationally Related Form:mobster
Hypernyms:gangdom gangland organized crime
Inherited Hypernyms:syndicateorganized crimesocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Cosa NostraMaffiaMafia
nnoun.groupan association of people who share common beliefs or activitiesSynset:fellowship
Examples:- the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family
- the church welcomed new members into its fellowship
Derivationally Related Form:fellow
Hypernyms:association
Inherited Hypernyms:familyassociationorganizationsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:koinonia