nephew

Speech parts

1. nephew - Noun

2. Nephew - Proper noun

Meaning

A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant.

A cousin.

The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law or sister-in-law.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sister's son brother's son father Son mother blood kinsman relative brother connection relation cousin aunt niece kin
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Antonyms

niece girl predecessor aunt uncle stranger
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Hypernyms

kinsman

Hyponyms

grandnephew great-nephew

Related terms

neve niece nepotism nift

Phrases with the word

full nephew Welsh nephew

Examples

Happiness is actually found in simple things, such as taking my nephew around the island by bicycle or seeing the stars at night. We go to coffee shops or see airplanes land at the airport. Andrea Hirata

I have a 92 year old father whose doing beautifully who lives in Chicago and a sister and a nephew and a niece and I love coming back and try to do so fairly often. Bob Balaban

When my nephew was 3 and 4, he would say the most genius things. He said, You're hammer macho with FBI dogs. I thought it was just one of those great lines. Beck

How wrong Emily Dickinson was! Hope is not "the thing with feathers." The thing with feathers has turned out to be my nephew. I must take him to a specialist in Zurich. Woody Allen

He who loves a woman is a nephew of the sun. Kurdish Proverb

A loan is a brother when taken, a nephew when paid back. Finnish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

nephelopia nepheloscope nephesh nephew fucker nephew-in-law nephewish