Synonyms and antonyms of Types of family in American Thesaurus

a broken home ()

a family where the parents are divorced or do not live together, and the children suffer as a result

clan (noun)

a large group of families that are related to each other, especially in Scotland

clan (noun)

informal a big family

dynasty (noun)

a family whose members are very successful in business or politics for a long period of time

nuclear family (noun)

a family unit consisting of a mother, a father, and their children

one-parent family (noun)

mainly British a single-parent family

patriarchy (noun)

a social system in which the oldest man has the most power in a family, and passes his power and possessions to his oldest son

single-parent family (noun)

a family in which only one parent lives in the home and takes care of the children. The usual British word is one-parent family.

tribe (noun)

humorous a very large family

unit (noun)

a family, considered as part of society or considered as a group of individual people