Family
Family noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.
Usage example: the Adams family made remarkable contributions to American life for more than two centuries
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Synonyms for Family
Offspring is a synonym for family in people topic. In some cases you can use "Offspring" instead a noun "Family", when it comes to topics like children, animal, relations.
Nearby Word: familial
Offspring
Offspring noun - The descendants of a person, animal, or plant.
Usage example: the couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary surrounded by three generations of offspring
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- Tolkien himself said his children were not on the family tree due to lack of room but that he did have offspring.
Source: Fanon / Tolkien's Legendarium - Hide Your Children: The fate of any child born into a family that already has two offspring.
Source: Literature / Shadow Children - When forced to explain the presence of Oreg, who has a strong resemblance to the Hurog family, he tells people Oreg is a ... "cousin", the known euphemism for "bastard offspring".
Source: Honesty Is the Best Policy
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