All in-law synonyms

noun in-law

• relative — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
• clan — A clan is a group which consists of families that are related to each other.
• tribe — any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
• group — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
• people — persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
• house — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
• household — the people of a house collectively; a family including its servants.
• folk — Usually, folks. (used with a plural verb) people in general: Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer.
• father — a male parent.
• sibling — a brother or sister.
• mother — parent
• cousin — Your cousin is the child of your uncle or aunt.
• uncle — a brother of one's father or mother.
• niece — a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
• aunt — Someone's aunt is the sister of their mother or father, or the wife of their uncle.
• strain — to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
• ancestry — Your ancestry is the fact that you are descended from certain people.
• parentage — derivation or descent from parents or ancestors; birth, origin, or lineage: a man of distinguished parentage.
• brood — A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother.
• pedigree — an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry.
• inheritance — something that is or may be inherited; property passing at the owner's death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy.
• progeny — a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal.
• system — an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole: a mountain system; a railroad system.
• issue — the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
• relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
• kindred — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
• blood — Blood is the red liquid that flows inside your body, which you can see if you cut yourself.
• birth — When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.
• genre — a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like: the genre of epic poetry; the genre of symphonic music.
• line — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
• class — A class is a group of pupils or students who are taught together.
• descent — A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
• lineage — the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
• kind — of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person: a kind and loving person.
• subdivision — the act or fact of subdividing.
• genealogy — a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
• network — any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, passages, or the like: a network of arteries; a network of sewers under the city.
• race — Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
• children — Children is the plural of child.
• relations — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
• relatives — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
• siblings — a brother or sister.
• descendants — a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring.
• forebears — Usually, forebears. ancestors; forefathers.
• agnate — related by descent from a common male ancestor
• cognate — Cognate things are related to each other.
• connection — A connection is a relationship between two things, people, or groups.
• folks — Usually, folks. (used with a plural verb) people in general: Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer.
• relation — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
• grandparents — a parent of a parent.