Word Image
plural: cousins
Part Of Speech
noun
Word Meaning
a child of one’s uncle or aunt; one associated with or related to another; a member of a group regarded as ethnically or culturally related
Word Family
cousinly
cousinhood
cousinship
Sentences
The cricket is a cousin of the grasshopper.
Everyone came to the wedding, including a distant cousin no one had heard from in years.
Rural children deserve as good an education as their city cousins get.
Hurricanes and their cousins, typhoons, cause much damage when striking land masses.
All of my cousins and their children are coming to the family reunion.
His cousin and another friend rode in the back of the truck.
The virus originated in Africa and is the cousin of the smallpox virus.
My cousin Joe is building out a 60-acre farm back home.
Our family tree is quite large, with many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
When my sister and I had sons together, they were more like brothers than cousins.
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