Synonyms for relationship
rɪˈleɪ ʃənˌʃɪpre·la·tion·ship

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1. relationship

   Kind is broader than kin, denoting the most general relationship, as of the whole human species in mankind, humankind, etc.; kin and kindred denote direct relationship that can be traced through either blood or marriage, preferably the former; either of these words may signify collectively all persons of the same blood or members of the same family, relatives or relations. Affinity is relationship by marriage, consanguinity is relationship by blood. There are no true antonyms of kin or kindred, except those made by negatives, since strangers, aliens, foreigners, and foes may still be kin or kindred.

   Synonyms:
   affinity, alliance, birth, blood, consanguinity, descent, family, kin, kind, kindred, race

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1. relationship, human relationshipnoun

   a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)

   "the relationship between mothers and their children"

   Synonyms:
   family relationship, human relationship, kinship

2. relationshipnoun

   a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)

   "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"

   Synonyms:
   family relationship, human relationship, kinship

3. relationshipnoun

   a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

   Synonyms:
   family relationship, human relationship, kinship

4. kinship, family relationship, relationshipnoun

   (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

   Synonyms:
   affinity, family relationship, human relationship, kinship

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1. relationshipnoun

   Synonyms:
   connection, relation, dependence

2. relationshipnoun

   Synonyms:
   kindred, affinity, consanguinity, propinquity, KIN

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1. relationshipnoun

   Synonyms:
   kindred, affinity, alliance, kinship, cognation

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1. List of paraphrases for "relationship":

   relations, relation, relationships, link, connection, links, regard, ratio, linkage, interrelationship, correlation, reports, respect, report, no.2, linkages, ties, conjunction, intercourse, related, affairs, kinship, nexus, relating, rapport, no.

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1. Cui Tiankai:

   There are always differences between the two countries. None of them justifies confrontation and war, cold or hot, with sufficient mutual respect and mutual understanding, we are capable of managing these differences so that they would not derail the entire relationship.

2. Fox News:

   Chatting or Cheating : How to Detect Infidelity, Rebuild Love and Affair-Proof Your Relationship, they ca n’t just put what they did away in the vault, talk about it once, and move on.

3. Gerard Butler:

   In five years, I want to be in a relationship, i’d love to have one or two kids – it’s about time.

4. Sipho P Nkosi:

   A relationship that applies the law of push and pull is the one that most survive.

5. Louise Erdrich:

   In our own beginnings, we are formed out of the body's interior landscape. For a short while, our mothers' bodies are the boundaries and personal geography which are all that we know of the world. ... Once we no longer live beneath our mother's heart, it is the earth with which we form the same dependent relationship, relying ... on its cycles and elements, helpless without its protective embrace.