BLOOD RELATIVE Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the phrase blood relative. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for BLOOD RELATIVE
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brother | nounn | |||||||
noun • a male with the same parents as someone else • (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address • a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group) • a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities • used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement | ||||||||
child | nounn | |||||||
noun • a young person of either sex • a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age • an immature childish person • a member of a clan or tribe | ||||||||
daughter | nounn | |||||||
noun • a female human offspring | ||||||||
father | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) • `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military • the founder of a family • (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom • God when considered as the first person in the Trinity • a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization • a person who founds or establishes some institution • the head of an organized crime family verb • make (offspring) by reproduction | ||||||||
kin | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person having kinship with another or others • group of people related by blood or marriage adjective satellite • related by blood | ||||||||
kinsman | nounn | |||||||
noun • a male relative | ||||||||
kinswoman | nounn | |||||||
noun • a female relative | ||||||||
mother | nounn | |||||||
noun • a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother) • a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar • a term of address for an elderly woman • a term of address for a mother superior • a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation verb • care for like a mother • make (offspring) by reproduction | ||||||||
offspring | nounn | |||||||
noun • the immediate descendants of a person • something that comes into existence as a result • any immature animal | ||||||||
parent | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian • an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained verb • look after a child until it is an adult | ||||||||
relation | nounn | |||||||
noun • an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together • sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur • a person related by blood or marriage • an act of narration • (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time • (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups | ||||||||
relative | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete noun • a person related by blood or marriage • an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) adjective satellite • properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to' | ||||||||
sibling | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person's brother or sister | ||||||||
sister | nounn | |||||||
noun • a female person who has the same parents as another person • (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address) • a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group | ||||||||
son | nounn | |||||||
noun • a male human offspring • the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus) | ||||||||
cognate | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another • a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language adjective satellite • related in nature • having the same ancestral language • related by blood | ||||||||
sib | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person's brother or sister • one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another | ||||||||
blood relation | nounn | |||||||
noun • one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another |