Synonyms for relationship
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Noun
1. Relation — kinship; being related by blood or marriage
relation, alliance, kinship, connection, affinity, linkage, consanguinity, kindred, propinquity formal, cognation rare
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Definitions
- n. 1
Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.
Related words
- Word family
- relationshipper relate relation relatively
- Phrases
- blood relationship
Forms
- Plural
- relationships → relations, alliances, kinships, connections…
Choose the right word
Affinity is relationship by marriage, consanguinity is relationship by blood.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- connection Yanni and Skura developed an immediate connection.
- alliance Algeria has good relations with the NATO alliance.
- relation I don't see any relation between the two problems.
- kinship Ties of kinship are very important in Islam.
- footing He wanted to be on equal footing with his mother.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| relationship | rising | |
| connection | falling | |
| alliance | steady | |
| relation | falling | |
| kinship | steady | |
| footing | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- footing2, kinship2, linkage2, kindred2
- 8 letters
- alliance3, relation3, affinity4
- 9 letters
- cognation
- 10 letters
- connection3
- 11 letters
- propinquity
- 13 letters
- consanguinity
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (footing2 = 2 syllables).