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cousin

noun as in family relation

Strongest match

Weak match

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Mating with a cousin or brother is safer than risking life and limb to mate with an outsider.

“A mother has lost a son,” referring to his late cousin Akai.

The savvy forger with Pappy empties to fill might get his hands on some Old Weller and present it as its more illustrious cousin.

A few worries, to be sure, but not that cousin of depression and anxiety, dread.

The second-to-last time we met Zalwar Khan, he brought a man he introduced as his cousin.

Cousin George's position is such a happy one, that conversation is to him a thing superfluous.

From the moment that he touches the magical little hand, cousin George is eclipsed.

As a matter of fact, it was a very distant cousin of hers who had died, a Mrs. Fanshawe Collingwood, who also lived in the town.

The Professor thought very kindly of the dead cousin, whose money would provide for this great work.

Never had Tom seen his gay and careless cousin in such guise: he was restless, silent, intense and inarticulate.

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On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cousin, such as: relative, counterpart, kin, kinsman, kinswoman, and nobleman.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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