Synonyms and antonyms of Describing or relating to relatedness in British Thesaurus

be distantly related to someone ()

if two people are distantly related to each other, they are relatives, but not close relatives

close (adjective)

related to you directly, for example by being your parent, child, brother, or sister

direct (adjective)

related through your parents, grandparents etc and not through other relatives such as uncles or aunts

distant (adjective)

related, but not in a close way

familial (adjective)

formal relating to families

family (adjective)

relating to families, or typical of families

filial (adjective)

formal concerning sons and daughters and their relationship to their parents

illegitimacy (noun)

the state of being born to parents who are not married to each other

illegitimate (adjective)

born to parents who are not married to each other

kinship (noun)

the fact of being related to someone

legitimate (adjective)

a legitimate child is born to parents who are legally married

like father, like son ()

used for saying that a man or boy has the same attitudes as his father or behaves in the same way

lineal (adjective)

formal related in a direct line of parents and children to someone who lived in the past

motherless (adjective)

without a mother because she is dead or does not look after you

no relation ()

used for saying that two people who have the same family name are not related

on the distaff side ()

on the woman’s side of a family

related (adjective)

belonging to the same family

removed (adjective)

separated by one or more steps or degrees in a family relationship

unrelated (adjective)

not part of the same family