Relations — synonyms, definition

1. relations (Noun)

carnal knowledge* clan coitions coituses communion community congresses copulations dealings familiarity family flesh and blood* folk folks group house intercourse intercourses intimacy kin • • •

relations (Noun) — Mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups. ex. "international relations"

relations (Noun) — An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together.

relations (Noun) — The act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur.

relations (Noun) — A person related by blood or marriage. ex. "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"

relations (Noun) — An act of narration. ex. "he was the hero according to his own relation"

relations (Noun) — (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time. ex. "his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed"

relations (Noun) — (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups. ex. "international relations"

abstract entity* abstractions dealingses individuals judicial doctrine* judicial principle* legal principle* mortals narrations people recitals sex activity* sexes sexual activity* sexual practice* social relation somebodies someones souls traffics • • • affinities agnates ancestors antecedents ascendants ascendents asses associations better half* blood relation* blood relative* boffs business relation* causalities changes cognates comparisons component part* components connectednesses • • • insemination clans kin group* kindreds kins kinship group* tribes