cousin
Your uncle's offspring
A cousin is the child of your aunt or uncle—someone who shares grandparents with you but isn't your sibling.
First cousins share grandparents; second cousins share great-grandparents.
Cousins once removed differ by a generation.
The term extends loosely to more distant relatives: We have cousins all over the South.
Figuratively, things closely related are cousins: The sweet potato is a cousin of the morning glory.
Brother or sister
- brotherMale with shared parents
- sisterFemale sibling
- nephewSibling's male offspring
- nieceSibling's female offspring
uncle · aunt · half-brother · half-sister · stepbrother · stepsister · brother-in-law · sister-in-law
Connected by blood
- kinBlood-connected people
- kinfolkFamily members collectively
- kindredRelations by blood
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
bloodline · lineage · genealogy · heritage · ancestry · descent · forebears · ancestors
sibling
Brother or sister
niece · uncle · aunt · half-brother · half-sister · stepbrother · stepsister · brother-in-law · sister-in-law · contemporary
relative
Connected by blood
clan · bloodline · lineage · genealogy · heritage · ancestry · descent · forebears · ancestors · descendants
counterpart
Corresponding person or thing
- equivalentSame in value or function
- analogComparable equivalent
- parallelEquidistant at all points
relative · kin · sibling · offshoot · variant · derivative · cognate · related · similar · akin
friend
Non-kin mutual bond
buddy · pal · chum · ally · sidekick · companion · mate · partner-in-crime · cohort · fellow
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- family membersmother, father, sister, brother, son
- family termsparents, nuclear family, mothers, extended family, fathers
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- relativesmother, father, sister, brother, aunt
- loved onesspouse, partner, mother, father, parents
cousinstranger
Person not yet known
nonrelative · outsider · acquaintance · friend · neighbor
- first cousinChild of parent's sibling
- second cousinGreat-grandparents' other descendant
- first cousins once removedRelatives one generation apart
- paternal cousinRelative through your father's side
- kissing cousinsClosely related but distinct
- third cousinRelative sharing great-great-grandparents
cousins, cousinly, cousinship, cousinhood, first cousin, second cousin, cousin-in-law, third cousin