immediate family
Parents and siblings
Immediate family refers to one's closest relatives—typically parents, siblings, spouse, and children.
The exact boundaries vary by context: workplace bereavement policies might include grandparents; legal definitions differ by jurisdiction.
Only immediate family members were allowed in the hospital room.
The term distinguishes close kin from extended family like cousins, aunts, and in-laws.
- parentMother or father
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- spouseMarried partner
- siblingBrother or sister
- brotherMale with shared parents
child · next of kin · blood relatives · close relatives · dependents · daughter · father · kinship · son · sister · adoption · mother · mom · guardianship · husband · dad · home · nest
immediate familyextended family
Relatives beyond parents, siblings
distant relatives · second cousins · third cousins · great-aunts · great-uncles
immediate familystrangers
People unknown to you
acquaintances · non-relatives · outsiders · friends · colleagues
family, immediately, immediate, familial, intermediate, immediacy, immediateness