nonrelatives
Not your kin
Nonrelatives are people who are not related to someone by blood, marriage, or adoption.
The term appears most often in legal, medical, or bureaucratic contexts where family relationships matter: The policy covers employees and their dependents but not nonrelatives, Census data showed an increase in households with nonrelatives present.
Those not belonging
- unknownsUndetermined quantities
- passersbyPeople going past
- newcomersThose recently arrived
- visitorsPeople who come temporarily
tourists · foreigners · immigrants · refugees · expatriates · transients · nomads · drifters
Voluntary close relations
- colleaguesProfessional associates
- neighborsThose dwelling nearby
- coworkersPeople at same job
- classmatesStudents in same course
associates · contacts · peers · companions · allies · confidants · collaborators · partners
Those dwelling nearby
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- chosen familyIntentionally formed kinship network
support network · found family · social circle · peer group · village · commune · household · clan
outsiders
Those not belonging
visitors · tourists · foreigners · immigrants · refugees · expatriates · transients · nomads · drifters · bystanders
friends
Voluntary close relations
- colleaguesProfessional associates
- neighborsThose dwelling nearby
- coworkersPeople at same job
classmates · associates · contacts · peers · companions · allies · confidants · collaborators · partners · mentors
neighbors
Those dwelling nearby
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
chosen family · support network · found family · social circle · peer group · village · commune · household · clan · mutual aid
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Those connected by blood
family · kin · kinfolk · blood relatives · family members