Synonyms of cousins

cousins

noun

plural of cousin

as in relatives

a person connected with another by blood or marriage

we both were surprised to learn that we are distant cousins

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relatives
• relations
• families
• kinsmen
• kins
• folk
• in-laws
• people
• houses
• tribes
• clans
• races
• lineages
• blood
• kinswomen
• kinfolks
• kinsfolk
• kissing cousins
• stocks
• kindreds
• lines

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonrelatives

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cousins

The maps in today’s fantasy epics are distant cousins of the woodcut that illustrated the first edition of Utopia, and which imagined the faraway island. — Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026

The Midwest Regional Reception Center detains close to 500 fathers, mothers, spouses, cousins and friends on behalf of ICE. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026

Raudel would, on occasion, go out to nightclubs with his cousins. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026

Those cousins, Molly Prisby and Trevor Prisby, both played volleyball at Andrean. — Noah Poser, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Princess Eugenie’s sister, Princess Beatrice, has Elizabeth as a middle name, as do their cousins Zara Tindall and Lady Louise. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026

Luk, an only child who grew up surrounded by cousins, was amused by the way relatives can inhabit incompatible versions of the same history. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026

Though the eldest sibling in her immediate family, Vollering had older cousins who already cycled competitively in the Netherlands. — Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

The music filled the corridors, led by another of Sellers' cousins, Anthony Brown, an accomplished gospel singer with worldwide reach who has a ministry at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Prince George's County. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2026