KINSWOMEN Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

kinswomen

noun

plural of kinswoman

as in kinsmen

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nonrelatives

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Noun

Records of public meetings and community newspapers feature jabs at how far these sorry kinsmen have strayed from their heritage.

— Eythana Miller, The Dial, 23 June 2026
But the chief’s kinsmen failed to honor his request.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025

Definition of kinsmen

Noun

Harry has maintained close ties to his mother’s family throughout all his drama with the British royal family, recently spending time with his uncle Charles Spencer, his wife, and several cousins during his visit to the UK.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 Aug. 2026
The largest fish had a considerably lower absolute speed than its smaller cousins.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of cousins

Noun

Richard Gere’s Life Now The actor moved to his wife’s home country of Spain with their two sons at the end of 2024 so Silva could be closer to her relatives.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
One day, her teen-age daughter, on the way to choir practice, witnessed ICE detaining someone outside her bus; Bre sent her children to stay with relatives in the suburbs.

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of relatives

Noun

Treated almost as living beings themselves, many of the artworks in the LACMA installation take up animate relations to one another.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Israel has seen its own relations with Turkey deteriorate during Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s more than two-decade rule.

— Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of relations

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