Synonyms of relatives

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonrelatives

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of relatives

He has also been allowed weekly meetings with his wife, as well as telephone and WhatsApp contact with relatives in Pakistan and abroad, the ministry said. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

The company set up a hotline for warehouse employees and for their relatives. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026

There are emotional ramifications as well as financial ones when leaving money to relatives. — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026

In 1934 Owens, her children, and other relatives migrated to the southern San Joaquin Valley, looking for work. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026

Then there are all the people hiding in the hills, and those who have taken refuge in the homes of Moroccan relatives in Ceuta. — Miguel MacIas, NPR, 16 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

These are harmless plant relatives consisting of an algae and fungus growing together. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026

Two are being identified with pseudonyms out of concern for the safety of relatives in Afghanistan. — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2026