English > relative: 4 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person related by blood or marriage. |
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| Example | "police are searching for relatives of the deceased" |
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| Synonym | relation |
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| Member of | kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe | group of people related by blood or marriage |
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| Narrower | agnate, patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrisib, patrilineal sib | One related on the father's side |
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| ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) |
| blood relation, blood relative, cognate, sib | One related by blood or origin |
| cousin, first cousin, cousin-german, full cousin | The child of your aunt or uncle |
| descendant, descendent | A person considered as descended from some ancestor or race |
| enate, matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrisib, matrilineal sib | One related on the mother's side |
| in-law, relative-in-law | A relative by marriage |
| kin, kinsperson, family | A person having kinship / kinship with another or others |
| kinsman | A male relative |
| kinswoman | A female relative |
| kissing cousin, kissing kin | A more or less distant relative |
| next of kin | The person who is (or persons who are) most closely related to a given person |
| offspring, progeny, issue | The immediate descendants of a person |
| second cousin | A child of a first cousin |
| sibling, sib | A person's brother or sister |
| spouse, partner, married person, mate, better half | A person's partner in marriage |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
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| Spanish | pariente |
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| Catalan | parent |
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