English noun: human relationship | |||
1. | human relationship a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness) | ||
Samples | The relationship between mothers and their children. | ||
Synonyms | relationship | ||
Broader (hypernym) | relation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | partnership, personal relation, personal relationship | ||