Synonyms for familial
fəˈmɪl yəl, -ˈmɪl i əlfa·mil·ial

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1. familialadjective

   relating to or having the characteristics of a family

   "children of the same familial background"; "familial aggregation"

   Synonyms:
   transmitted, hereditary, transmissible, inherited, genetic

   Antonyms:
   noninheritable, nonheritable

2. familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissibleadjective

   occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

   "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"

   Synonyms:
   genic, genetic, contagious, transmittable, ancestral, hereditary, genetical, patrimonial, inherited, communicable, transmissible, contractable, transmitted, catching

   Antonyms:
   nonheritable, noninheritable

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1. family-like

   Submitted by anonymous on May 10, 2020  

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1. List of paraphrases for "familial":

   family

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1. Mark Carney:

   If someone is really motivated and they truly don’t have familial combined hyperlipidemia, it’s almost a guarantee that through aggressive nutrition they can lower their numbers dramatically.

2. Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli:

   We don't know whether it was financial, we don't know whether it was familial.

3. Russell Crowe:

   This is like an anti-buddy movie, there's not one bit of familial connection between these two guys that happens once, not a friendly gesture, nothing, they just happen to be stuck in a situation together.

4. Antigone Davis:

   This issue has been incredibly important to Meta for a very, very long time because the damage done is quite severe in the context of teens or adults, it can do damage to their reputation and familial relationships, and puts them in a very vulnerable position. It’s important that we find tools like this to help them regain control of what can be a very difficult and devastating situation.

5. Andrew Huebner:

   The war in some ways was really a war for family, the public culture around the war was draped in familial metaphors, a war to defend women and children from deprivation.