family
nounHow many syllables in family?
There are 3 syllables in the word family.How to pronounce family:
Definition of family:
- family (noun):
- a social unit living together.
- one's wife or husband and one's children
- the basic unit in society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their children
- any of various social units differing from but regarded as equivalent to the traditional family
Synonyms for family:
ainga
blood
broken home
brood
category
children
clan
class
conjugal family
crime syndicate
cuzzies or cuzzie-bros
descendant
descendants
descendent
dynasty
extended family
family line
family unit
fellowship
folk
folks
foster family
foster home
home
house
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Antonyms for family:
non-relatives
nonfamily
nonrelatives
outsiders
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- imagine
- crocodile
- umbrella
- encouraged
- silently
- libelous
- tychicus
- appalling
- reoccur
- density
- scurrying
- proficient
- disconnect
- maternal
- unprepared
- coquette
- oxygen
- exhibit
- epistle
- envisage
- description
- criticize
- abundant
- thirty-two
- immensely
- harier
- caballo
- playfellow
- defiant
- tomorrow's
- relative
- intricate
- gamaliel
- empathy
- diurnal
- creepily
- residence
- domestic
- naivety
- glorious
- bestowment
- tranquilly
- guarantor
- verbatim
- unhealthy
- oceanic
- alias
- vestibule
- Galatia
- antonym
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