family member
Someone you're related
A family member is a person related to you by blood, marriage, or adoption.
The term encompasses parents, siblings, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and in-laws.
In broader usage, family member extends to chosen family—close friends or partners treated as relatives: She's not related to us, but she's a family member in every way that matters.
Sibling's male offspring
- nieceSibling's female offspring
- cousinAunt or uncle's child
- siblingBrother or sister
- parentMother or father
child · spouse · grandparent · grandchild · uncle · aunt · in-law · stepchild
Study of family descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- forebearsAncestral family members
descent · bloodline · roots · pedigree · progenitors · generations · predecessors · dynasty
Warm emotional attachment
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- closenessState of proximity
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- togethernessState of close connection
trust · love · attachment · intimacy · companionship · solidarity · commitment · nurture
nephew
Sibling's male offspring
parent · child · spouse · grandparent · grandchild · uncle · aunt · in-law · stepchild · stepparent
genealogy
Study of family descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
forebears · descent · bloodline · roots · pedigree · progenitors · generations · predecessors · dynasty · heirloom
affection
Warm emotional attachment
togetherness · trust · love · attachment · intimacy · companionship · solidarity · commitment · nurture · empathy
caregiver
One providing daily assistance
- providerOne who furnishes things
- protectorOne who safeguards others
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
confidant · nurturer · breadwinner · mentor · pillar · advocate · helper · defender · dependant · eldercare
- membersRotarian, Jaycee, Freemason, Mason, Shriner
- team membersteammate, colleague, partner, associate, team leader
- missing personsmissing person, disappearance, missing children, missing child, vanished
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- caregiverscaregiver, parents, carer, mothers, babysitter
- celebrity entouragebodyguard, bodyguards, assistant, assistants, manager
family memberstranger
Person not yet known
outsider · non-relative · acquaintance · alien · foreigner
family, member, familiar, familiarity, families, familial, familiarize, familiarized, familiarizing