relation as a noun: 1 2 3 4 5 6
relation abstract entity abstraction possession social relation position spatial relation ownership causality human relationship relationship function association logical relation mathematical relation foundation connectedness connection connexion unconnectedness linguistic relation component component part constituent part portion affinity kinship family relationship kinship relationship magnitude relation quantitative relation control jump to corresponding sense entry
relation noun
1 relation An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together.
Roget 9 :relation ,
bearing ,
reference ,
connection ,
concern ,
cognation ;
correlation
etc.
12 analogy ;
similarity
etc.
17 affinity ,
homology ,
alliance ,
homogeneity ,
association ;
approximation
etc.
(nearness)
197 filiation
etc.
(consanguinity)
11 interest ;
relevancy
etc.
23 dependency ,
relationship ,
relative position .
comparison
etc.
464 ratio ,
proportion .
link ,
tie ,
bond of union .
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Roget 594 :description ,
account ,
statement ,
report ;
expose
etc.
(disclosure)
529 specification ,
particulars ;
state of facts ,
summary of facts ;
brief
etc.
(abstract)
596 return
etc.
(record)
551 catalogue raisonne [Fr.]
etc.
(list)
86 guidebook
etc.
(information)
527 delineation
etc.
(representation)
554 sketch ;
monograph ;
minute account ,
detailed particular account ,
circumstantial account ,
graphic account ;
narration ,
recital ,
rehearsal ,
relation .
historiography † ,
chronography † ;
historic Muse ,
Clio ;
history ;
biography ,
autobiography ;
necrology ,
obituary .
narrative ,
history ;
memoir ,
memorials ;
annals
etc.
(chronicle)
551 saga ;
tradition ,
legend ,
story ,
tale ,
historiette † ;
personal narrative ,
journal ,
life ,
adventures ,
fortunes ,
experiences ,
confessions ;
anecdote ,
ana † ,
trait .
work of fiction ,
novel ,
romance ,
Minerva press ;
fairy tale ,
nursery tale ;
fable ,
parable ,
apologue † ;
dime novel ,
penny dreadful ,
shilling shocker relator
etc.
v.;
raconteur ,
historian
etc.
(recorder)
553 biographer ,
fabulist † ,
novelist .
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Dutch: verhouding, betrekking, connectie, contact, relatie Polish: powiązanie, zależność
2 relation Sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur.
synonyms: carnal knowledge , coition , coitus , copulation , intercourse , sex act , sexual congress , sexual intercourse , sexual relation .
Dutch: sexuele betrekkingen, geslachtsdaad, gemeenschap, copulatie, cohabitatie, coïtus, geslachtsgemeenschap, paring Polish: stosunek, kopulacja, zbliżenie, współżycie, akt, akt płciowy, zespolenie, miłość, seks, bara bara
3 relation A person related by blood or marriage:— He has distant relations back in New Jersey.
synonym: relative .
Roget 11 :consanguinity ,
relationship ,
kindred ,
blood ;
parentage
etc.
(paternity)
166 filiation † ,
affiliation ;
lineage ,
agnation † ,
connection ,
alliance ;
family connection ,
family tie ;
ties of blood ;
nepotism .
kinsman ,
kinfolk ;
kith and kin ;
relation ,
relative ;
connection ;
sibling ,
sib ;
next of kin ;
uncle ,
aunt ,
nephew ,
niece ;
cousin ,
cousin-german † ;
first cousin ,
second cousin ;
cousin once removed ,
cousin twice removed ;
etc.
near relation ,
distant relation ;
brother ,
sister ,
one's own flesh and blood .
family ,
fraternity ;
brotherhood ,
sisterhood ,
cousinhood † .
race ,
stock ,
generation ;
sept
etc.
166 stirps ,
side ;
strain ;
breed ,
clan ,
tribe ,
nation .
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Dutch: bloedverwant, familielid, maag, naverwant, verwant Polish: członek rodziny
4 relation An act of narration:— He was the hero according to his own relation.
synonyms: recounting , telling .
5 relation law The principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time:— His attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed.
synonym: relation back .
6 relation usually plural Mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups.
Polish: układzik
Moby thesaurus: about , absorption , affective meaning , affiliation , agnation , allegory , alliance , analogy , ancestry , anent , apropos , association , associations , balancing , bearing , blood , blood relationship , blood relative , brotherhood , brothership , capacity , carnal knowledge , character , cognation , coitus , coloring , common ancestry , common descent , comparative anatomy , comparative degree , comparative grammar , comparative judgment , comparative linguistics , comparative literature , comparative method , compare , comparing , comparison , concerning , condition , confrontation , confrontment , connection , connotation , consanguinity , consequence , contrast , contrastiveness , correlation , correspondence , cousinhood , cousinship , criminal conversation , dealings , delineation , denotation , description , distinction , distinctiveness , doings , drift , effect , embarrassment , enation , engagement , enmeshment , entanglement , essence , extension , fatherhood , filiation , force , fraternity , gist , grammatical meaning , idea , impact , implication , import , in relation to , inclusion , intension , interconnection , intercourse , interdependence , involution , involvement , kin , kindred , kinship , kinsman , kinswoman , lexical meaning , liaison , likening , link , links , literal meaning , matching , maternity , matrilineage , matriliny , matrisib , matrocliny , meaning , metaphor , motherhood , narration , narrative , opposing , opposition , overtone , parallelism , part , paternity , patrilineage , patriliny , patrisib , patrocliny , pertaining to , pertinence , pith , point , portrayal , position , practical consequence , propinquity , proportion , purport , quality , range of meaning , re , real meaning , recapitulation , recital , recitation , recountal , recounting , reference , referent , referring to , regarding , rehearsal , relations , relationship , relative , relevance , report , respecting , retelling , review , role , scope , semantic cluster , semantic field , sense , sex , sexual intercourse , sibship , significance , signification , significatum , signifie , simile , similitude , sisterhood , sistership , span of meaning , spirit , status , story , structural meaning , substance , sum , sum and substance , symbolic meaning , tale-telling , telling , tenor , tie , tie-in , ties of blood , totality of associations , transferred meaning , trope of comparison , truck , unadorned meaning , undertone , value , weighing , with regard to , with respect to , yarn spinning ... show more .
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