ALL meanings of family
fam·i·ly
F f - noun family the isotopes, collectively, that comprise a radioactive series 0
- noun family all the people living in the same house; household 0
- noun family a social unit consisting of parents and the children they rear 0
- noun family the children of the same parents 0
- noun family one's husband (or wife) and children 0
- noun family a group of people related by ancestry or marriage; relatives 0
- noun family all those claiming descent from a common ancestor; tribe or clan; lineage 0
- noun family a criminal syndicate under a single leader 0
- noun family a commune1 (sense 5) living in one household, esp. under one head 0
- noun family a group of things having a common source or similar features 0
- noun family a major category in the classification of animals, plants, etc., ranking above a genus and below an order: it can include one genus or many similar genera: the Latinized family names are capitalized but not italicized (Ex.: Felidae, cats) 0
- noun family a group of chemical elements having similar properties, forming one of the vertical columns of the periodic table 0
- noun family a community composed of organisms of the same species 0
- noun family a parent language and all the languages and dialects descended from it 0
- noun family a set of curves, functions, or other entities with some shared property 0
- adjective family of or for a family 0
- adjective family characteristic of or suitable for a family, esp. one regarded as traditional or typical; wholesome, middle-class, etc. 0