relatives

Synonyms

sib kindred family people blood kinsman kish relative household folk clan lineage kin folks kith
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Phrases with the word

adoptive relatives new relatives and relatives friends and relatives imperial relatives close relatives

Examples

Value a fair person more than your relatives. Antisthenes

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. Euripides

Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values. Ralph Ellison

It is only when someone kills a madman that people will know he has relatives. Rwandan Proverb

Better one true friend than a hundred relatives. Italian Proverb

Anyone who urinates in a stream should be warned because any of his relatives may drink from the water. Nigerian Proverb