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
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Recent Examples of relatives
Tapachula returns to normalcy While some migrants remain in Tapachula, gone are the thousands of migrants, including entire families, sleeping on sidewalks, gathered in parks, packed in cheap hotel rooms, or lined up outside banks awaiting money transfers from relatives abroad.
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Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Among those who died in the accident were two of his sons and a granddaughter, relatives told the AP.
—NPR, 8 Nov. 2025
Discussions with others, especially neighbors, relatives and siblings, will be warm and friendly.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
There are even some relatives in the list of nominees with both Willie Nelson and Lukas Nelson receiving nominations in the same category.
—Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025
Everglades The Everglades is a real-life attraction, and a must-do during staycations and dragging the relatives around town during their vacations.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Determined to find answers, Shannon Williams and several relatives decided to travel to Germany in 2002 to meet directly with investigators.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Charaf, who was at the Red Sea Festival with Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous in 2022, will present coming-of-age 1986 drama Holiday, about a boy whose family is forced to flee its home in West Beirut to stay with relatives in Southen Lebanon.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Communication with relatives suddenly went dark.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Among those who died in the accident were two of his sons and a granddaughter, relatives told the AP.
—NPR, 8 Nov. 2025
Discussions with others, especially neighbors, relatives and siblings, will be warm and friendly.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
There are even some relatives in the list of nominees with both Willie Nelson and Lukas Nelson receiving nominations in the same category.
—Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025
Everglades The Everglades is a real-life attraction, and a must-do during staycations and dragging the relatives around town during their vacations.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Determined to find answers, Shannon Williams and several relatives decided to travel to Germany in 2002 to meet directly with investigators.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Charaf, who was at the Red Sea Festival with Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous in 2022, will present coming-of-age 1986 drama Holiday, about a boy whose family is forced to flee its home in West Beirut to stay with relatives in Southen Lebanon.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Communication with relatives suddenly went dark.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relatives
Noun
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The film, which premiered in Cannes earlier this year, tells the story of four cousins who inherit an old house in rural Normandy and retrace the steps of their ancestors in 19th century Paris.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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His sister, Cassie, is known to give him a few baths a day with her tongue, and he’s even learned to howl like his bigger siblings and cousins — albeit to a much different effect.—
Chandler Boese,
Kansas City Star,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The most recent border flare-up came after five Thai soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion, with the incident prompting Thailand to downgrade diplomatic relations with its neighbor.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Venezuela is strengthening its relations with all countries of the world and asks only for its independence and sovereignty.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Relatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relatives. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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