family

How to sign: primary social group; parents and children
"he wanted to have a good job before starting a family";

Similiar / Same: family unit

Categories: clan, kin, kindred, kinship group, kin group, tribe

Within this category: couple, marriage, Marx Brothers

family

How to sign: a collection of things sharing a common attribute
"there are two classes of detergents";

Similiar / Same: category, class

Categories: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection

Within this category: conjugation, declension, denomination, Diplopoda, grammatical category, Larvacea, Malacostraca, sex, stamp, substitution class

family

How to sign: an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
"the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship";

Similiar / Same: fellowship

Categories: association

Within this category: koinonia