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relatives

NOUN
family
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clan folk group house household people tribe
STRONG
ancestors ancestry birth blood brood children class descendants descent dynasty extraction forebears genealogy generations genre in-laws inheritance issue kind kindred line lineage network parentage pedigree progenitors progeny race relations relationship siblings strain subdivision system
WEAK
heirs and assigns kith and kin menage ménage
Antonyms
STRONG
parent
NOUN
flesh and blood
Synonyms
WEAK
blood relative children clay consanguinean family kids kin kith and kin offspring organism uterine kin
NOUN
folks
Synonyms
STRONG
brood clan horde household kin parents people tribe
NOUN
kith and kin
Synonyms
WEAK
acquaintances consanguinity family friends and relatives kin kindred kinfolk kinsfolk kinsmen relations
NOUN
menage
Synonyms
STRONG
ancestors ancestry birth blood brood children clan class descendants descent dynasty extraction folk forebears genealogy generations genre group house household in-laws inheritance issue kind kindred line lineage network parentage pedigree people progenitors progeny race relations relationship siblings strain subdivision system tribe
WEAK
heirs and assigns kith and kin ménage
Antonyms
STRONG
parent

Example Sentences

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McCluskie’s family came from Scotland and Italy; Becerra’s relatives came from Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

The UN mission urged Afghan authorities to "compile a record of the missing" from the hospital strike to help their relatives find answers about their fate.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

They will be housed in self-contained flats with access to phones so they can call friends and relatives.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

If our closest animal relatives aren’t helpful models, what is a human family supposed to look like?

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Most folks thought she couldn’t make it on her own, that she should sell the place and go live with relatives.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney