family members
Your close relatives
Family members are the people related to someone by blood, marriage, or adoption.
The term groups relatives as a collective: Three family members attended the hearing.
It often appears in official or institutional contexts—medical forms ask about family members' health history, obituaries list surviving family members.
The phrase can include extended relations (aunts, cousins) or be limited to immediate family depending on context.
- uncleMale family elder
- in-lawSpouse's family member
- relativesThose connected by blood
- spouseMarried partner
- childPerson before puberty
sibling · niece · grandparent · aunt · nephew · great-aunt · cousin · foster parent · great-uncle · blood relative · adopted child · surrogate parent · sister-in-law · half sister · father · lineage · household · godparent
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- baraatgroom, street parade, wedding party, musicians, dancers
- campus visitorsparents, alumni, guest speakers, recruiters, donors
- dictionary sectionsglossaries, indexes, word lists, categories, definitions
- obituariesdeath notice, death announcement, eulogy, in memoriam, predeceased
- populacethe masses, common folk, ordinary people, general public, hoi polloi
family membersstrangers
People unknown to you
non-relatives · outsiders · aliens · foreigners · acquaintances
family memberscoworkers
People at same job
colleagues · clients · employers · employees · classmates
family, members, membership, families, familial, family member, family-oriented