kin
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Kin are your relatives—people connected to you by blood, marriage, or adoption.
The word often appears in phrases: next of kin (your closest living relative), kith and kin (friends and family).
Kin can be singular or plural: She's no kin of mine.
As an adjective, kin means related: We're kin on my mother's side.
Those connected by blood
- siblingsFellow offspring
- parentsMother and father
- childrenYoung human beings
- grandparentsAncestors once removed
cousins · nephews · nieces · uncles · aunts · in-laws · stepfamily · household
Those from whom one descends
- forebearsAncestral family members
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- pedigreeRecord of descent
forefathers · foremothers · progenitors · roots · family tree · generations · antecedents · predecessors
Biological descendants produced
- childrenYoung human beings
- progenyOne's biological descendants
- heirsThose who inherit
- successorsThose who follow after
scions · posterity · issue · seed · grandchildren · great-grandchildren · inheritors · younger generation
State of proximity
- blood tiesFamilial relationships through ancestry
- family tiesBonds between relatives
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
togetherness · solidarity · nurturing · support · belonging · connection · attachment · familial love
Custom passed through generations
- cultureCollective social practices
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- legacyWhat's passed down
- heirloomInherited family treasure
customs · folklore · patrimony · birthright · ancestral · provenance · ethnicity · identity
relatives
Those connected by blood
grandparents · cousins · nephews · nieces · uncles · aunts · in-laws · stepfamily · household · brood
ancestors
Those from whom one descends
pedigree · forefathers · foremothers · progenitors · roots · family tree · generations · antecedents · predecessors · patriarch
offspring
Biological descendants produced
successors · scions · posterity · issue · seed · grandchildren · great-grandchildren · inheritors · younger generation · future generations
closeness
State of proximity
- blood tiesFamilial relationships through ancestry
- family tiesBonds between relatives
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
loyalty · togetherness · solidarity · nurturing · support · belonging · connection · attachment · familial love · camaraderie
tradition
Custom passed through generations
- cultureCollective social practices
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- legacyWhat's passed down
heirloom · customs · folklore · patrimony · birthright · ancestral · provenance · ethnicity · identity · family history
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- genealogyfamily trees, family history, descendants, ancestors, ancestry tracing
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- humanityhuman, human being, humans, people, mankind
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- kind ofApproximately, loosely speaking
- one of a kindUtterly without equal
- be kindAct with consideration
- two of a kindPair sharing essential traits
- what kind ofPhrase requesting specification
- what kindQuestion seeking classification
kind, king, akin, kinship, kindred, kinfolk, kinsman, kinswoman, kinsfolk