Synonyms for relation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Relationship — the manner in which two things may be associated
relationship, connection, association, bearing, relevance, consanguinity, kinship, affinity, link, filiation, blood, alliance, kindred, cognation rare
2. Telling — the act of relating a story
account, telling, description, history, narration, recounting, tell, report, narrative, story, rehearsal, recital
3. Sex act
sex act, sexual intercourse, intercourse, sexual relation, sexual congress, coitus formal, copulation, coition, carnal knowledge dated
4. Reference
regard, respect, pertinence, concern, reference dated
Other
correspondence, correlation, proportion, analogy, kinsman, k'in, kinswoman
Definitions
- n. 1
The manner in which two things may be associated.
The relation between diet and health is complex.
- n. 2
The act of relating a story.
Your relation of the events is different from mine.
- n. 3
A member of one's extended family; a relative.
Yes, he's a relation of mine, but only a distant one.
- n. 4
A relationship; the manner in which and tone with which people or states, etc. interact.
the foreign relations of the United States
Forms
- Plural
- relations → relationships, connections, associations, bearings…
Example sentences
- relationship What is the relationship between politics and war?
- association My family belongs to the neighborhood association.
- connection Yanni and Skura developed an immediate connection.
- bearing The mountains stand tall, bearing witness to time.
- respect Respect of the young for the old is quite natural.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| relation | falling | |
| relationship | rising | |
| association | falling | |
| connection | falling | |
| bearing | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- tell1, link1
- 5 letters
- story2, blood1
- 6 letters
- report2, regard2, coitus2
- 7 letters
- history3, account2, respect2, telling2, concern2, bearing2, analogy4, recital3, kinship2, kindred2, kinsman2, coition
- 8 letters
- alliance3, affinity4
- 9 letters
- reference3, narrative3, relevance3, rehearsal3, narration3, filiation, kinswoman, cognation
- 10 letters
- connection3, proportion3, recounting3, copulation, pertinence
- 11 letters
- association5, description3, correlation4, intercourse3
- 12 letters
- relationship4
- 13 letters
- consanguinity
- 14 letters
- correspondence4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (story2 = 2 syllables).