# Family & Relationships **Type:** Topic **Words:** 244 ## About Parents, siblings, partners, friends, and the wider web of kin. ## Words by Level ### A1 - father — A male parent.; frequency rank 186 - dad — A father; a male parent (informal).; frequency rank 213 - mother — A female parent; a woman who has or raises a child.; frequency rank 218 - son — A person's male child.; frequency rank 243 - mom — Mother (informal).; frequency rank 254 - family — A group of people who are related, especially parents and their children.; frequency rank 263 - brother — A boy or man who has the same parents as you; frequency rank 292 - wife — The woman a man is married to.; frequency rank 305 - daughter — A person's female child.; frequency rank 435 - husband — The man that a woman is married to.; frequency rank 443 - sister — a girl or woman who has the same parents as you; frequency rank 458 - uncle — The brother of your mother or father, or your aunt's husband.; frequency rank 582 - daddy — A father; used especially by or to young children (informal).; frequency rank 610 - mum — A child's word for mother.; frequency rank 958 - boyfriend — A male partner in a romantic relationship.; frequency rank 1000 - Mrs. — A title used before the name of a married woman.; frequency rank 1059 - partner — A person you do an activity or share a business with.; frequency rank 1074 - aunt — The sister of your mother or father, or your uncle's wife.; frequency rank 1113 - mommy — Mother (an affectionate word used especially by children).; frequency rank 1319 - grandma — Your grandmother (informal).; frequency rank 1414 - cousin — The child of your aunt or uncle.; frequency rank 1444 - grandpa — Your grandfather (informal).; frequency rank 1535 - grandfather — The father of your father or mother.; frequency rank 1914 - grandmother — The mother of your father or mother.; frequency rank 2170 - parent — A person's mother or father.; frequency rank 3686 - supermarket — A large shop where you serve yourself and buy food and other household goods.; frequency rank 7089 - grandparent — A parent of your father or mother.; frequency rank 46343 ### A2 - married — Having a husband or a wife.; frequency rank 446 - marry — To become someone's husband or wife.; frequency rank 747 - queen — A woman who rules a country, usually because she was born into a royal family.; frequency rank 1002 - birth — The time when a baby is born or comes out of its mother.; frequency rank 1646 - royal — Belonging to or connected with a king, queen, or their family.; frequency rank 1961 - affair — A secret romantic or sexual relationship, usually involving someone who is married.; frequency rank 2072 - friendship — A relationship between friends.; frequency rank 2286 - grandson — The son of your son or daughter.; frequency rank 4250 - granddaughter — The daughter of your son or daughter.; frequency rank 6483 - granddad — Your grandfather (informal).; frequency rank 7699 - clone — A copy of something made to look or work just like the original.; frequency rank 9531 - surname — The family name shared by members of a family, used after the first name.; frequency rank 11242 - ancestor — A person in your family who lived a long time ago, before your grandparents.; frequency rank 11606 - grandchild — A child of your son or daughter.; frequency rank 12532 - comparative — Measured or judged by comparing one thing with another; relative.; frequency rank 29503 - dependant — a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support); frequency rank 45749 ### B1 - marriage — The legal or formal union of two people as partners for life.; frequency rank 843 - relationship — The way in which two or more people, groups, or things are connected or behave toward each other.; frequency rank 973 - prince — The son of a king or queen, or a male member of a royal family.; frequency rank 1246 - princess — A daughter or granddaughter of a king or queen.; frequency rank 1389 - bull — A large adult male of the cattle family; frequency rank 2522 - cheat — To break the rules in order to gain an unfair advantage.; frequency rank 3021 - related — Connected with something, especially by sharing a topic, cause, or quality.; frequency rank 3176 - divorced — No longer married because your marriage has been legally ended.; frequency rank 3187 - nephew — The son of your brother or sister.; frequency rank 3192 - honeymoon — A holiday taken by a couple just after they get married.; frequency rank 3860 - niece — The daughter of your brother or sister.; frequency rank 4240 - relative — A member of your family.; frequency rank 4499 - faithful — Loyal and able to be trusted over time.; frequency rank 4688 - household — All the people who live together in one house.; frequency rank 5642 - relation — The way in which two or more things are connected.; frequency rank 6727 - fiance — a man who is engaged to be married; frequency rank 8251 - godmother — a female godparent who sponsors a child at baptism and traditionally supports the child's religious upbringing; frequency rank 12727 - motherland — The country where you were born or where your family comes from.; frequency rank 13670 - parental — Relating to or typical of a parent.; frequency rank 14134 - great-grandfather — the grandfather of one of your parents; the father of a grandparent; frequency rank 15515 - unrelated — Not connected with each other; frequency rank 15844 - kiddie — a young child; an informal and sometimes affectionate term; frequency rank 18957 - girlhood — the period of life when a female person is a girl; frequency rank 83532 ### B2 - mama — An informal, affectionate word for mother.; frequency rank 968 - divorce — The legal ending of a marriage.; frequency rank 1825 - madame — A title used before the name of a French-speaking married woman, like Mrs.; frequency rank 1953 - widow — A woman whose husband has died.; frequency rank 3714 - brother-in-law — The brother of your husband or wife, or the husband of your sister; frequency rank 4665 - adopted — Taken into a family as a legal son or daughter.; frequency rank 4824 - sister-in-law — the sister of your husband or wife, or your brother's wife; frequency rank 5455 - intimate — Very close and friendly; sharing a warm personal relationship.; frequency rank 5520 - son-in-law — The husband of your daughter.; frequency rank 5987 - godfather — a male godparent who sponsors a child's baptism and traditionally supports the child's religious upbringing; frequency rank 6979 - grocery — A shop that sells food and household goods.; frequency rank 7066 - mother-in-law — The mother of your husband or wife.; frequency rank 7431 - father-in-law — The father of your husband or wife.; frequency rank 7743 - involvement — The act of taking part in something, or the state of being connected to it; frequency rank 7905 - daughter-in-law — The wife of your son.; frequency rank 8077 - missus — a man's wife or female partner; informal, especially in British English; frequency rank 8097 - fiancee — a woman who is engaged to be married; frequency rank 8901 - dowry — Money or property that a bride brings to her husband when they marry.; frequency rank 9761 - breakup — The end of a romantic relationship or friendship.; frequency rank 10324 - stepfather — The man who is married to your mother but is not your biological father.; frequency rank 10592 - stepmother — The woman who is married to your father but is not your biological mother.; frequency rank 11323 - linen — A strong cloth or thread made from the flax plant.; frequency rank 11757 - sibling — A brother or sister.; frequency rank 16793 - snuggle — to settle closely and comfortably against someone or something for warmth, affection, or comfort; frequency rank 19869 - filial — Relating to or suitable for a son or daughter, especially in their duty toward parents.; frequency rank 27572 - fatherly — showing the kindness, protectiveness, guidance, or concern associated with a good father; frequency rank 27981 - fatherhood — the state, role, or experience of being a father; frequency rank 30653 - motherly — showing the warmth, care, and protectiveness associated with a mother; frequency rank 31506 - unromantic — not expressing romantic love or affection; lacking romantic feeling or behavior; frequency rank 44041 - inheritor — a person who receives property, a title, or another possession by inheritance; frequency rank 59963 - cherisher — a person who protects, values, or lovingly cares for someone or something; frequency rank 474926 ### C1 - offspring — A person's child or children.; frequency rank 10867 - spouse — A husband or wife.; frequency rank 12547 - maternal — Like a mother; caring and protective in the way a mother is.; frequency rank 14044 - incest — sexual relations between people whose close family relationship makes such relations illegal or socially prohibited; frequency rank 19556 - tot — informal: a very young child; frequency rank 22862 - paternal — Related to you through your father's side of the family.; frequency rank 23687 - patriarch — the male head of a family, tribe, or social group; frequency rank 25432 - infancy — the earliest period of childhood; frequency rank 28632 - flirtation — playful behavior that shows romantic or sexual interest without necessarily implying serious intent; frequency rank 32143 - elopement — the act of secretly running away with a partner in order to marry, often without family approval; frequency rank 50133 - grandpapa — an informal or old-fashioned term for one's grandfather; frequency rank 50428 - domestically — Within a country, rather than abroad.; frequency rank 52351 - comradeship — friendship, trust, and solidarity among people who live, work, or face difficulty together; frequency rank 54407 - wifely — of, relating to, or traditionally regarded as characteristic of a wife; now often old-fashioned; frequency rank 54904 - estrangement — the state or process of losing affection, trust, or contact in a personal relationship; frequency rank 59935 - intermarriage — marriage between people from different racial, ethnic, religious, social, or national groups; frequency rank 105610 - intermarry — for members of different families, communities, ethnic groups, or religions to marry one another; frequency rank 132180 ### C2 - homecoming — a coming to or returning home; frequency rank 9618 - elope — to leave secretly in order to marry, or to marry privately without a public ceremony or advance announcement; frequency rank 13899 - bridesmaid — a person, traditionally a woman, who attends and supports a bride at a wedding; frequency rank 16490 - paternity — the state of being a father; frequency rank 16545 - pap — US dialect: father; pa; frequency rank 18865 - matchmaker — someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others; frequency rank 20454 - conjugal — relating to marriage or the relationship between spouses; frequency rank 22728 - amour — a love affair, especially one kept secret or considered illicit; frequency rank 24130 - wedlock — the state of being married, especially in the phrases in wedlock and out of wedlock; frequency rank 24207 - godson — a male godchild, especially one whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent; frequency rank 25059 - monogamy — the practice or state of being married to only one person at a time; frequency rank 25818 - née — used before a married woman's birth surname; frequency rank 27851 - betrothal — a formal agreement or mutual promise to marry; an engagement; frequency rank 28571 - matrimonial — relating to marriage or to the relationship between married partners; frequency rank 30588 - kinsman — a male relative, especially one belonging to the same extended family; now often literary or historical; frequency rank 31924 - procreate — have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; frequency rank 33592 - spousal — relating to a spouse; frequency rank 33945 - incestuous — involving or characterized by sexual relations between people too closely related to marry legally; frequency rank 36915 - virginal — Pure and untouched; like a virgin.; frequency rank 38890 - foundling — an abandoned infant or child whose parents are unknown; frequency rank 39904 - suckle — to feed by drawing milk from a breast or udder; frequency rank 40384 - endearment — a word, name, gesture, or action that expresses affection; frequency rank 43885 - sterility — The condition of being unable to produce children or offspring.; frequency rank 47196 - correlate — To have a close connection or relationship with something else, so that they change together.; frequency rank 49642 - banns — a public announcement, traditionally made in church, of an intended marriage; frequency rank 50093 - kinfolk — old-fashioned or regional: one's relatives or family considered collectively; frequency rank 50323 - assignation — often dated: a secret appointment to meet, especially between lovers; frequency rank 51517 - groomsman — a man who attends and supports a bridegroom at a wedding; frequency rank 61595 - childbearing — the process or period of carrying and giving birth to children; frequency rank 61794 - swaddle — to wrap a baby closely in cloth so that its arms and legs are held securely; frequency rank 67297 - grandmamma — Grandmother.; frequency rank 70554 - patronymic — a name derived from the given name of a person's father or a male ancestor; frequency rank 72026 - monogamist — a person who has only one spouse or romantic partner at a time, or who advocates that practice; frequency rank 76901 - polyamorous — involving or open to romantic relationships with more than one partner, with everyone informed and consenting; frequency rank 77868 - jilt — to suddenly reject or abandon a romantic partner, especially shortly before an expected marriage; frequency rank 85230 - betroth — to formally promise someone in marriage or become formally engaged to marry; frequency rank 91723 - grandsire — a grandfather, especially in old-fashioned or literary language; frequency rank 96454 - connubial — relating to marriage or the relationship between spouses; frequency rank 104055 - cohabit — to live together as an intimate couple, especially without being married; frequency rank 111242 - coquetry — playfully flirtatious behavior intended to attract interest, often without serious romantic intent; frequency rank 114313 - kinswoman — a female relative; a woman belonging to the same family or kin group; frequency rank 119176 - inamorata — literary or humorous: a woman with whom someone is in love; a female lover; frequency rank 134437 - dandle — to move a baby or small child playfully up and down in one's arms or on one's knee; frequency rank 178651 - filiation — the relationship of a child to a parent, especially as legally or genealogically established; frequency rank 196070 - consanguinity — relationship by descent from a common ancestor; blood kinship; frequency rank 205260 - misalliance — an unsuitable or ill-judged partnership or alliance; frequency rank 230006 - nursling — literary: a young child or animal being nursed or cared for; frequency rank 267113 - amatory — literary: relating to or expressive of romantic or sexual love; frequency rank 306782 - fosterage — the practice or process of raising another person's child as one's own, especially as a historical social custom; frequency rank 315118 - affiance — archaic: to promise someone in marriage; to betroth; frequency rank 351400 - exogamy — marriage outside a defined kinship or social group, especially when required by custom or law; frequency rank 444737 - hymeneal — relating to marriage or a wedding; nuptial, chiefly in literary use; frequency rank 648236 - sonship — the state, status, or relation of being a son; frequency rank 870304 - amorist — a person devoted to love or lovemaking; a lover; frequency rank 1373699 - polyandrist — a person who practices polyandry; in its marital sense, a woman who has more than one husband at the same time - stirp — a line of descent from a common ancestor; a stock or lineage - pickney — Caribbean, especially Jamaican, informal: a child ### C2+ - da — father (dialectal or informal) - fertile — capable of producing abundant growth or offspring; productive - gull — a seabird of the family Laridae; also, to deceive or cheat someone - kin — one's family and relations collectively - sire — a male parent of an animal, or a respectful address to a king - avuncular — kind and genial in the manner of an uncle - chore — a routine or tedious task, especially a household one - crossbreed — to breed from two different varieties; the offspring so produced - matrimony — the state or ceremony of being married; marriage - adder — a small venomous snake of the viper family - affinity — a natural attraction, kinship, or close relationship - ancestry — one's family or ethnic descent; lineage - annul — to declare invalid or void, especially a law or marriage - auntie — an aunt (affectionate or familiar form) - bae — a romantic partner or sweetheart (slang) - beget — to father offspring; to give rise to - consort — a spouse, especially of a reigning monarch; to associate with - dysfunction — abnormal or impaired functioning of a system, organ, or relationship - empress — a female sovereign ruler of an empire, or the wife of an emperor - fatherling — a little or dear father (an archaic affectionate term) - fecundity — the ability to produce abundant offspring or fruit; fertility - fertility — the ability to produce offspring or abundant vegetation - granddaddy — a grandfather; the oldest or largest example of its kind - helpmeet — a helpful companion or partner, especially a spouse - hubby — an informal or affectionate term for a husband - kindred — one's family and relations; related or similar in nature - lineage — direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry - maternity — the state of being a mother; motherhood - progenitor — an ancestor or originator of a line or movement - unattached — not joined to or connected with anything; not in a romantic relationship - widower — a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried - acquaintanceship — the state of knowing someone slightly; a casual relationship - bandfish — a small elongated red marine fish of the family Cepolidae - bridechamber — archaic the bedroom of a newly married couple; the nuptial chamber - brotherly — of or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal - divorcement — the act of divorcing or separating; dissolution of marriage - enemyship — the state or relationship of being enemies (rare) - fam — informal term for one's family or close friends - familial — relating to or characteristic of a family - forebear — an ancestor - forefather — an ancestor, especially a male one - genitor — a biological father or male progenitor - handfast — a betrothal or marriage sealed by clasping hands; to pledge thus - helpmate — a companion and helper, especially a spouse - hinny — the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey - husbandly — of or befitting a husband; marital - kinship — blood relationship or a sense of affinity - ma — (informal) mother - mam — a familiar or dialectal word for one's mother - mayoress — a female mayor, or the wife of a mayor - mummy — a preserved embalmed body, or an informal word for mother - mutualist — an advocate of mutualism, or an organism in a mutual relationship - mutuality — the state of sharing a feeling, action, or relationship reciprocally - neighborship — the state or relationship of being neighbors - nuncle — uncle (archaic, especially as used by a fool to a master) - nuptials — a wedding or marriage ceremony - papa — an affectionate or childish term for one's father - pater — father, used as a dated or jocular British term - procreation — the production of offspring; reproduction - regression — a return to an earlier or less developed state; a statistical relationship - relativeness — the quality of being relative rather than absolute - seneschal — a steward or major-domo in charge of a great medieval household - sib — a sibling or blood relative; related by kinship - sis — an informal term for sister - spirea — a flowering shrub of the rose family with clustered white or pink blooms - stepbrother — a son of one's stepparent by an earlier marriage - stepchild — a child of one's spouse from a previous relationship - stepdaughter — a daughter of one's spouse by a former partner - stepniece — a niece by marriage; the daughter of a stepsibling - stepsister — a daughter of one's stepparent by an earlier marriage - stepson — a son of one's spouse by a former partner - sterile — free from living germs, or unable to produce offspring - philoprogenitive — producing many offspring; prolific