kissing cousin
Close enough relation
A kissing cousin is a relative distant enough that romantic involvement wouldn't be scandalous, but close enough to merit a familiar greeting.
The term extends to anything closely related or similar: The two dialects are kissing cousins.
Sometimes implies a relationship closer than publicly acknowledged: The senator and the lobbyist were kissing cousins.
Connection or kin
- kinBlood-connected people
- kinfolkFamily members collectively
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- genealogyStudy of family descent
lineage · clan · ancestry · heritage · consanguinity
Able to be likened
- analogousComparable in certain respects
- parallelEquidistant at all points
- resemblingShowing similarity to
- borderlineEdge of acceptability
approximate · kindred · akin · allied · corresponding · like · matching · related
relation
Connection or kin
genealogy · lineage · clan · ancestry · heritage · consanguinity
comparable
Able to be likened
- analogousComparable in certain respects
- parallelEquidistant at all points
- resemblingShowing similarity to
borderline · approximate · kindred · akin · allied · corresponding · like · matching · related · similar
neighborly
Friendly toward those nearby
congenial · companionable · warmhearted · friendly · sociable · down-home · folksy · informal · casual · easygoing
kissing cousinimmediate family
Closest relatives by blood
nuclear family · parent · sibling · child · brother
kissing cousinpolar opposite
Complete contrary in nature
antithesis · complete stranger · unrelated · apples and oranges · night and day
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