immediate family

noun

: a person's parents, brothers and sisters, husband or wife, and children

Hospital visits are limited to immediate family.

Examples of immediate family in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Agree on a word or short phrase that only your immediate family knows. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026

For anyone who’s had anyone in their immediate family pass away, the gift was not just professional, but to be able to think about something else. — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 June 2026

Hours later, the club revealed that everyone’s immediate family is safe and accounted for. — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026

Horses never held the same fascination for anyone else in his immediate family. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 5 June 2026

Rhymes for immediate family

• multifamily
• nonfamily
• stepfamily
• subfamily