noun (n)

• a social unit living together(noun.group)

  Example:
  He moved his family to Virginia.
  

  Synonym:
  home, house, household, menage
  

  source: wordnet30
• primary social group; parents and children(noun.group)

  Example:
  He wanted to have a good job before starting a family.
  

  Synonym:
  family unit
  

  source: wordnet30
• a collection of things sharing a common attribute(noun.group)

  Synonym:
  category, class
  

  source: wordnet30
• people descended from a common ancestor(noun.group)

  Example:
  His family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower.
  

  Synonym:
  family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept
  

  source: wordnet30
• a person having kinship with another or others(noun.person)

  Example:
  He's family.
  

  Synonym:
  kin, kinsperson
  

  source: wordnet30
• (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera(noun.group)

  Example:
  Sharks belong to the fish family.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities(noun.group)

  Synonym:
  crime syndicate, mob, syndicate
  

  source: wordnet30
• an association of people who share common beliefs or activities(noun.group)

  Example:
  The message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family.
  

  Synonym:
  fellowship
  

  source: wordnet30
• The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.(noun)

  source: webster1913