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Nouns (34)

n. an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"

family

n. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"

whole, unit

n. an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"

set, unit

n. instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"

unit, unit of measurement

n. any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume"

family

n. primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"

single, ace, unit, unity

n. a definite quantity expressing "one"

people, family, relatives

n. members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?"

class, category, family

n. a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"

kin, family, kinsperson

n. a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family"

house, family, household, menage, ménage

n. a social unit living together; "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"

folk, family, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry, family line

n. people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"

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Fuzzynyms (202)

division

n. an administrative unit in government or business

brigade

n. army unit smaller than a division

battalion

n. an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies

division

n. an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"

legion

n. a large military unit; "the French Foreign Legion"

host, legion

n. archaic terms for army

regiment

n. army unit smaller than a division

squadron

n. an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group

detail, contingent

n. a temporary military unit; "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent"

detachment

n. a small unit of troops of special composition

corps

n. an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support

squad

n. a smallest army unit

body

n. a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"

group, grouping

n. any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

department

n. a specialized division of a large organization; "you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"

office, bureau, authority, agency

n. an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"

agency

n. a business that serves other businesses

subdivision, arm, branch

n. an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"

wing

n. a unit of military aircraft

chapter

n. a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter"

posterity, descendants

n. all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"

component, constituent, element, component part

n. an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"

division

n. (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

component, constituent, element, component part

offspring, progeny

n. the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"

brood

n. the young of an animal cared for at one time

kin, family, kinsperson

n. a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family"

posterity, descendants

n. all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"

return, take, yield, issue, bottom line, payoff, proceeds, takings

n. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"

dealings, relations

n. mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups

domestic, domestic help, house servant

n. a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household

place, home

n. where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"

house, family, household, menage, ménage

kin, kindred, clan, tribe, kin group, kinship group

n. group of people related by blood or marriage

kin, family, kinsperson

n. a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family"

group, grouping

n. any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

categorization, classification

n. a group of people or things arranged by class or category

division

n. (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

division

n. (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

taxonomy

n. a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc

order, ordering

n. logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"

system

n. a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"

kin, kindred, clan, tribe, kin group, kinship group

n. group of people related by blood or marriage

people, family, relatives

n. members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?"

folk, family, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry, family line

n. people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"

family, family unit

n. primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"

posterity, descendants

n. all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"

return, take, yield, issue, bottom line, payoff, proceeds, takings

n. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"

dealings, relations

n. mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups

domestic, domestic help, house servant

n. a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household

place, home

n. where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"

house, family, household, menage, ménage

chamber

n. a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly; "the upper chamber is the senate"

congress

n. a national legislative assembly

council

n. a meeting of people for consultation; "emergency council"

house

n. an official assembly having legislative powers; "a bicameral legislature has two houses"

kin, kindred, clan, tribe, kin group, kinship group

n. group of people related by blood or marriage

blood, descent, line, stock, ancestry, lineage, origin, pedigree, bloodline, parentage, line of descent, blood line

n. the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

hearth, fireside

n. home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"

folk, tribe

n. a social division of (usually preliterate) people

mass, people, multitude, masses, hoi polloi

n. the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"

people

n. (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

race

n. people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings"

brood

n. the young of an animal cared for at one time

return, take, yield, issue, bottom line, payoff, proceeds, takings

n. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"

place, home

n. where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"

domestic, domestic help, house servant

n. a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household

dealings, relations

n. mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups

posterity, descendants

n. all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"

family, family unit

n. primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"

kin, family, kinsperson

n. a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family"

dynasty

n. a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

refuge, sanctuary, asylum

n. a shelter from danger or hardship

environment, environs, surroundings, surround

n. the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

institution

n. an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated

retreat, hideaway

n. an area where you can be alone

kin, kindred, clan, tribe, kin group, kinship group

n. group of people related by blood or marriage

kin, family, kinsperson

n. a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family"

Synonyms (1)

one

n. the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one"

Antonyms (9)

fraction

n. a small part or item forming a piece of a whole

chip, bit, scrap, fleck, splinter, sliver, flake, flinders

n. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"

family unit

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