Hypernyms for "relationship"
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account
acquaintance
acquaintanceship
affiliation
affinity
anaclisis
assimilation
association
birth
blood kinship
brotherhood
business relationship
cognation
consanguinity
descent
fatherhood
filiation
friendly relationship
friendship
line of descent
lineage
love affair
marital bed
marital relationship
maternity
membership
motherhood
parentage
partnership
paternity
personal relation
personal relationship
phylogenetic relation
romance
sexual relationship
sisterhood
sistership
subjection
subjugation
tie
tie-up
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.