relationship

Meanings

Plural: relationships

Noun

• a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)
  • "the relationship between mothers and their children"
• a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)
  • "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"
• a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
• (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
• Connection or association; the condition of being related.
• The links between the x-values and y-values of ordered pairs of numbers especially coordinates.
• Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.
• A romantic or sexual involvement.
• A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other
• The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.

Synonyms

family relationship, human relationship, kinship

Related Words

relate, relation, relative