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relatives - 12 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | relative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | member of a family |
| Synonyms: | agnate, blood, cognate, connection, cousin, father, folk, folks, mother, relation, sibling, aunt, brother-in-law, clansperson, father-in-law, grandparents, great-grandparents, in-laws, kinsperson, mother-in-law, nephew, niece, sib, sister-in-law, stepbrother, stepparent, stepsister, uncle |
| Main Entry: | family |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kin, offspring; classification |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, birth, blood, brood, clan, class, descent, dynasty, extraction, folk, genealogy, genre, group, house, household, inheritance, issue, kind, kindred, kith and kin, line, lineage, network, pedigree, people, progeny, race, relationship, strain, subdivision, system, tribe, ancestors, children, descendants, forebears, generations, heirs and assigns, in-laws, ménage, parentage, progenitors, relations, relatives, siblings |
| Main Entry: | folks |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family |
| Synonyms: | brood, clan, horde, household, kin, people, tribe, parents, relatives |
| Main Entry: | flesh and blood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offspring or relatives |
| Synonyms: | clay, family, kin, kith and kin, offspring, organism, blood relative, children, consanguinean, kids, relatives, uterine kin |
| Main Entry: | kith and kin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acquaintances and relatives |
| Synonyms: | consanguinity, family, kin, kindred, acquaintances, friends and relatives, kinfolk, kinsfolk, kinsmen, relations, relatives |
| Main Entry: | brother |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | male sibling |
| Synonyms: | blood brother, kin, relation, relative, twin, kinsperson |
| Antonyms: | sister |
| Main Entry: | connection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who aids another in achieving goal |
| Synonyms: | acquaintance, agent, ally, associate, association, contact, friend, go-between, intermediary, kin, kindred, kinship, mentor, messenger, network, reciprocity, relation, relative, sponsor |
| Antonyms: | disconnection, gap, opening |
| Main Entry: | forebearer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family predecessor |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, antecedent, author, forerunner, founder, matriarch, originator, parent, patriarch, precursor, progenitor, relative, sire, ascendant, begetter, materfamilias, paterfamilias, primogenitor, procreator |
| Main Entry: | rate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ratio, proportion |
| Synonyms: | amount, comparison, degree, estimate, percentage, progression, quota, relation, relationship, relative, scale, standard, weight |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | relation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connection, family connection |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, affinity, alliance, association, consanguinity, kin, kindred, kinship, liaison, propinquity, relationship, relative, sibling, similarity, kinsperson |
| Main Entry: | sister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | female sibling |
| Synonyms: | blood sister, kin, relation, relative, twin, kinsperson |
| Main Entry: | next of kin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | closest relative |
| Synonyms: | heir, relation, relative, sibling, kinsman, near relative |
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