• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • About
    • About WHW
    • Press Kit
    • Resident Writing Coaches
    • Contact Us
    • Podcasts & Interviews
    • Master Storytelling Newsletter
    • Guest Post Guidelines
    • Privacy Policy
    • Charities & Support
  • Bookstore
    • Bookstore
    • Foreign Editions
    • Book Reviews
    • Free Thesaurus Sampler
  • Blog
  • Software
  • Workshops
  • Resources
    • List of Resources
    • Recommended Writing Books
    • WHW Descriptive Thesaurus Collection
    • Free Tools & Worksheets
    • Free Show-Dont-Tell Pro Pack
  • WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®

WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®

Helping writers become bestselling authors

Relationship Thesaurus

Relationships are the most basic social building blocks for your character. The important people surrounding them will aid in their success or contribute to their downfall, and you’ll need some of each in your character’s life to craft a story with all the necessary ups-and-downs. Enter the Relationship Thesaurus, where we’ve examined the types of relationships that commonly exist and explored the numerous ways to make them healthy or dysfunctional, safe or toxic, supportive or full of conflict—whatever you need to take your story to the next level.

What is a Relationship Thesaurus?
Acquaintances
Adult Child and Elderly Parent
Benefactor and Recipient
Best Friends
Boss and Employee
Business Partners
Co-Volunteers
Co-Workers
Editor and Author
Enemies
Estranged Parent and Child
Exes
Fling Participants
Forced Marriage
Frenemies
Friends
Friends with Benefits
Giver and Taker
Godparent and Child
Grandparent and Child
Guard and Prisoner
Headmaster and Student
Host and Guest
Imaginary Friend and Child
In-laws
Landlord and Tenant
Master and Apprentice
Mentor and Protégé
Nanny and Child
Neighbors
One-Night Stand Lovers
Parent and Teen Child
Parent and Adult Child
People Who Are Dating
Police Officer and Confidential Informant
Principal and Teacher
Professional and Client
Protagonist and Crush
Rivals
Service Provider and Customer
Siblings (Youth)
Spouses and Partners
Stalker and Target (trigger warning)
Stepparent and Stepchild
Teacher and Student
Therapist and Patient
Twins

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Nadine A Hofmann says

    January 30, 2022 at 9:25 am

    Hello Becca,

    Thank you for posting this thought-provoking tool. I’m working through my second draft and this Thesaurus is assisting me in further developing my character motivations and relationships.

    I’ve purchased “The Emotional Thesaurus.” It’s become one of my go-to resources.

    Many thanks!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar


Welcome!

Writing is hard. Angela & Becca make it easier. Get ready to level up your fiction with game-changing tools, resources, and advice.

Follow Us

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Subscribe to the Blog

Check your inbox to confirm! If gremlins tried to eat it, you might have to check your spam folder.

Read by Category

Grab Our Button

Writers Helping Writers

Software that Will Change the Writing Game

One Stop for Writers

NO AI TRAINING: Any use of this content to “train” generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to generate text is expressly prohibited. The legal copyright holder, Writers Helping Writers®, reserves all rights to license uses of this work for generative AI training and development of machine learning language models. WRITERS HELPING WRITERS® · Copyright © 2023 · WEBSITE DESIGN BY LAUGH EAT LEARN

Cookies are delicious and ours help make your experience here better. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with our cookie use. Cookie settingsGOT IT
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. More on our Privacy Policy here.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT
 

Loading Comments...