son-in-law

Married your daughter

A son-in-law is the husband of one's daughter.

The relationship is created by marriage rather than blood—hence the "-in-law" suffix, which marks relatives acquired through legal union rather than birth.

My son-in-law is coming to dinner.

Plural: sons-in-law.

relationship

spouse

Married partner

betrothed · suitor · companion · couple · match · courtship · devotion · commitment · loyalty · bond

family

son

Male child relation

niece · uncle · aunt · cousin · stepdaughter · stepfather · stepmother · relative · extended family · kinfolk

marriage

wedding

Marriage rite and feast

matrimony · nuptials · vows · ceremony · betrothal · engagement · union · altar · reception · honeymoon

lineage

heir

One who receives legacy

legacy · succession · bloodline · genealogy · dynasty · heritage · progeny · family tree · ancestry · continuation

Categories
Opposites
gender of the in-law spouse

son-in-lawdaughter-in-law

Son's spouse, legally

direction of in-law relationship

son-in-lawfather-in-law

Spouse's paternal parent

mother-in-law · parent-in-law

blood vs. marriage relation

son-in-lawson

Male child relation

natural son · adopted son

Family

in-laws, grandson, stepson, father-in-law, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, godson, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law

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