RELATIVES Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

relatives

noun

plural of relative

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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nonrelatives

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Recent Examples of relatives Fortune has reported on scammers using voice-cloning tools to impersonate relatives since 2023. — Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026 The changes include allowing the adoption of distant male relatives raised as commoners to become royals and father future heirs, and letting princesses keep their royal status after marrying commoners. — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026 Second, our model shows that, on average, the deceased relatives died 25 years ago. — Ashton Verdery, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026 Villa was wrongfully convicted in the death of off-duty Chicago Police Officer Clifton Lewis — a fact alluded to in court by one of Nunez’s relatives. — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 Federal authorities seized Omar's phone in the search and have issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas, including to some of her relatives, a person briefed on the probe told the AP this week. — Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026 Sztylerman said his father’s side of the family had also lost relatives in the Holocaust. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026 Multiple relatives of Omar received grand jury subpoenas as part of the investigation, and the lawmaker's personal cellphone was taken by DHS, sources told CBS News. — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Lambert grew up in Bend, graduated from Boise State in 2023, had a passion for sports, especially volleyball, and was a local coach, relatives said. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

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McCollum spent summers working cattle, branding steers and tending to his grandfather's ranch alongside his cousins.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
But some in the community, even cousins, stopped speaking with her.

— Francesca D’Annunzio, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2026

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