blood relation

Noun

Meaning

one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

blood relative sib cognate kindred people family relationship blood kinsman relative brother relation parent strain ancestry
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Antonyms

other different offspring antipodal antipodean markedly different
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Hypernyms

relative relation

Examples

Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable. Hosea Ballou

Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should merely fumble sympathetically with his handkerchief. Mark Twain

Close letter words and terms

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