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
Faith, hope drive Venezuelan community's response The day the earthquakes struck was a holiday in Venezuela, which may explain why many families were at home when the disaster occurred, while some children were visiting friends or relatives.
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Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Many have camped out along the edge of the piles of crushed concrete and rebar, awaiting any word of their relatives.
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Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
That message may resonate strongly with many citizens as families across the country continue desperately searching for missing relatives.
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Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
29 June 2026
Pippa and Kate Middleton are frequently spotted attending matches together, while younger royals and relatives—including Amelia Spencer—are also seen carrying on the family's long-standing love of tennis.
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Amanda Le,
InStyle,
29 June 2026
Stay out of the sun, and make sure to check up on relatives and neighbors.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
29 June 2026
Often with relatives trying to block their abductors’ vehicles.
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Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
This staff member was a quiet, gentle giant that our friends and relatives didn’t know of or about.
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R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
The hotel, according to the New York Post, citing local reports, was hosting the families of players and staff members from the Delfines and the Guerreros de Lara baseball teams, with relatives of former MLB players Eliezer Alfonso and Gorkys Hernández missing.
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Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2026
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Many have camped out along the edge of the piles of crushed concrete and rebar, awaiting any word of their relatives.
—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
That message may resonate strongly with many citizens as families across the country continue desperately searching for missing relatives.
—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
29 June 2026
Pippa and Kate Middleton are frequently spotted attending matches together, while younger royals and relatives—including Amelia Spencer—are also seen carrying on the family's long-standing love of tennis.
—
Amanda Le,
InStyle,
29 June 2026
Stay out of the sun, and make sure to check up on relatives and neighbors.
—
Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
29 June 2026
Often with relatives trying to block their abductors’ vehicles.
—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
This staff member was a quiet, gentle giant that our friends and relatives didn’t know of or about.
—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
The hotel, according to the New York Post, citing local reports, was hosting the families of players and staff members from the Delfines and the Guerreros de Lara baseball teams, with relatives of former MLB players Eliezer Alfonso and Gorkys Hernández missing.
—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relatives
Noun
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Jacinto found out the truth about his work after becoming suspicious of some of the girls who would accompany his cousins to their home.
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Love, 85, co-founded the Beach Boys in 1961 with cousins Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, and friend Al Jardine.
Noun
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Emily Brontë’s telling of this narrative premise was, also, far ahead of its time, unadorned, stripped bare, always in immediate reach of the brutal facts of her characters’ relations and complications with each other.
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Runcie is sharply attuned to the vast uncomfortable grey areas of gender and power relations, navigating them with wry, revelatory observations that are devastatingly acute.
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“Relatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relatives. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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