Synonyms and Antonyms of relation
1
relations plural
doings between individuals or groups
- relations between the rival newspapers remained friendly despite their competition for the same stories
2
a person connected with another by blood or marriage
- he and I are relations on my mother's side
in-law
kissing cousin
kinswoman
blood, clan, family, folk, house, kindred, kinfolk (or kinfolks), kinsfolk, line, lineage, people, race, stock, tribe
3
the fact or state of having something in common
- there's no relation between you losing your favorite baseball hat and your team losing the game
correlation, interrelation
materiality, pertinence, relevance
bond, link, tie
affiliation, alliance, union
identicalness, sameness
alikeness, community, likeness, resemblance, similarity
accordance, agreement, conformity, congruity, correspondence
4
the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)
- our intramural baseball team had a relation with the other baseball teams in the area
affiliation, alliance, association, collaboration, confederation, connection, cooperation, hookup, liaison, linkup, partnership, relationship, tie-up, union
business, dealings, interaction
exchange, interconnection, interrelation, mutualism, reciprocity, symbiosis
incorporation, integration, merger, unification
affinity, attachment, closeness, intimacy, rapport, sympathy
kinship, oneness, solidarity, togetherness, unity
colleagueship, companionship, company, fellowship
bed, cahoots, league
5
relations plural
sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis
- a law that prohibits relations between close relatives
coition, coitus, commerce, congress, copulating, copulation, coupling, intercourse, lovemaking, mating, sex, sex act, sexual intercourse, sexual relations
