Being related
Connection and being related are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Connection" instead a noun phrase "Being related".
Connection
Connection noun - The fact or state of having something in common.
Being related and connection are semantically related. You can use "Being related" instead a noun "Connection".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Sometimes Papyrus is put through this plot as well, due to being related to Sans and the implied connection both share with W.D. Gaster.
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She gets mocked for being related to Michael, becomes mute due to a powerful connection with Michael, has all her friends, her sister, and her dogs killed, gets kidnapped by a cult and is forced to have sex with Michael, and she's finally impaled by farm equipment.
Source: Franchise / Halloween - Lady Antebellum is two-thirds male and the closest connection they have to being related to anything antebellum (meaning the time period before a war, most often the American Civil War) is that they're a country group and were raised in Tennessee and Georgia, respectively.
Source: Non Indicative Name / Music
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Connection and Being related. (2017). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/being_related/connection
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