family

/ˈfæməli/

nounfam · i · ly

Think: **FAM** (your close friends) + **I** + **LY** (sounds like “lee”) → **fam-i-ly**.

Yes, it's family. Don’t forget the middle **i**: **fam + i + ly** (not *famly*).

Definitions

  1. nouna group of people who are related to each other, such as parents and children
  2. nouna group of things or living things that are related or similar (for example, a plant or animal family)

Examples

  • “My family eats dinner together on Fridays.”
  • “The lion is part of the cat family.”
  • “She invited her whole family to the school play.”

Synonyms

relativeshouseholdkinclanlineage

Antonyms

strangers

Translations

ES familiaPT famíliaFR famille

Common misspellings

famlyfamillyfamileyfamalyfamiliyfamliyfamlily

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