RELATIVES Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

relatives

noun

plural of relative

as in cousins

a person connected with another by blood or marriage it's always fun to see all your relatives at a big family gathering

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Recent Examples of relatives Richard Gere’s Life Now The actor moved to his wife’s home country of Spain with their two sons at the end of 2024 so Silva could be closer to her relatives. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026 One day, her teen-age daughter, on the way to choir practice, witnessed ICE detaining someone outside her bus; Bre sent her children to stay with relatives in the suburbs. — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 Like their Corvidae relatives, both ravens and crows are highly intelligent. — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 31 Aug. 2026 In April, a former server at Long Island Bar bought the neighborhood relic Sam’s Restaurant from Lou Migliaccio, whose relatives opened it in 1930. — Rachel Corbett, Curbed, 31 Aug. 2026 Over the last five weeks, the jury heard testimony from doctors, first responders, relatives and even Clancy’s former husband. — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 Dangi said some workers had managed to make contact and call for help when the disaster struck last Wednesday, and some others who managed to flee reported to authorities and relatives that many of their colleagues were still in the tunnels. — ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026 Relatives abroad are sending solar panels and portable power stations to their relatives on the island. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026 This problem may be an issue of the relatives being overeager or proud or not having conversational skills that align well with yours. — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for relatives

Noun

Harry has maintained close ties to his mother’s family throughout all his drama with the British royal family, recently spending time with his uncle Charles Spencer, his wife, and several cousins during his visit to the UK.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 Aug. 2026
The largest fish had a considerably lower absolute speed than its smaller cousins.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of cousins

Noun

Treated almost as living beings themselves, many of the artworks in the LACMA installation take up animate relations to one another.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Israel has seen its own relations with Turkey deteriorate during Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s more than two-decade rule.

— Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

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