Synonyms of cousins

cousins

noun

plural of cousin

as in relatives

a person connected with another by blood or marriage

we both were surprised to learn that we are distant cousins

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relatives
• relations
• families
• kinsmen
• kins
• folk
• in-laws
• people
• houses
• tribes
• clans
• races
• lineages
• blood
• kinswomen
• kinfolks
• kinsfolk
• kissing cousins
• stocks
• kindreds
• lines

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonrelatives

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cousins

Most of his cousins have not been able to buy a house or start a family deep into their 30s. — Jacqueline Ganun, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

The mall brands your older cousins grew up with aren’t just hanging on. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Taking inspiration from their cousins—who had been members of the more famous Jesse and Frank James outlaw gang—the Dalton gang decided to rob two banks at once. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026

Two of the captain's cousins are pilots and another family member is studying aviation, according to Kishorbhai Machchhar. — Charlotte Gardiner, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

The queen bee of the group is Paulina (a sensational Denée Benton), who rambles on about her American cousins and her pro-football player boyfriend Kofi, whom no one has actually met. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

And of course there are your cousins, who are black, and your aunt, too. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

The prevalence of water-bearing minerals in the Bennu sample also suggests that water-ice that sublimated into vapor just inside the snow line was also part of the material that was transported into the region where Bennu and its cousins were built. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Sep. 2026

An absent father—mourning a mother—a startling lack of siblings but a plethora of cousins—exile from her community. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026