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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All my family was there, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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The two are cousins, according to Parizek.—
Kyle Werner,
Des Moines Register,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The two countries signed dozens of bilateral agreements, including in a 20-year cooperation deal to repair and overhaul Venezuelan refineries and enhance military relations.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
7 Jan. 2026
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The National Endowment for Democracy, which promotes freedom across Latin America including in Cuba, has named Eddy Acevedo, a longtime expert in Western Hemisphere politics, as its vice president for policy and government relations.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Relatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relatives. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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