familial

Questions about familial

What does familial mean?

familial means "relating to or having the characteristics of a family". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in familial?

familial has 3 syllables: fa-mil-ial. The stress falls on "mil". In IPA it is /fəˈmɪljəl/.

What is another word for familial?

Close synonyms include genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is familial a common word?

familial is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.