Phrase Hound found 31 phrases and 5 compound words that contain cousins. The most common are listed below. Open cousins in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 31
- country cousinsplural of country cousin: An acquaintance from the countryside, who is regarded by city dwellers as being poorly adapted for city life.
- cross-cousinsplural of cross-cousin: The child of one's father's sister or of one's mother's brother; a cousin related via opposite-gender siblings rather than same-gender ones (the latter being a parallel cousin).
- double cousinsplural of double cousin: A cousin who is related on both sides of a family. A relative with four common grandparents.
- false cousinsplural of false cousin: Synonym of false friend (which is the more common term for the concept).
- first cousinsplural of first cousin: A child of a parent's sibling; a nephew or niece of a parent; a child of one's uncle or aunt.
- kissing cousinsplural of kissing cousin: A relatively distant relative, or a friend, who is familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss.
- parallel cousinsplural of parallel cousin: The child of one's father's brother or of one's mother's sister; a cousin related via same-gender siblings rather than opposite-gender ones (the latter being a cross-cousin).
- second cousinsplural of second cousin: A grandchild of a grandparent's sibling.
- cousins-in-lawplural of cousin-in-law: Husband or wife of one's cousin.
- double first cousinsplural of double first cousin: A first cousin with whom one shares four grandparents (and hence is also a double cousin).
- first cousins once removedplural of first cousin once removed: A first cousin's child.
- first cousins twice removedplural of first cousin twice removed: grandchild of someone’s first cousin
- cousins-germanplural of cousin-german: A first cousin.
- fifth cousinsplural of fifth cousin: Any of a number of people who have a common great-great-great-great-grandparent.
- fourth cousinsplural of fourth cousin: Any of a number of people who have a common great-great-great-grandparent.
- full cousinsplural of full cousin: A first cousin.
- half-cousinsplural of half-cousin: The son or daughter of one's half-uncle or half-aunt. A relative with one common grandparent.
- maternal cousinsplural of maternal cousin: A child of one's mother's sibling
- sixth cousinsplural of sixth cousin: Any of a number of people who have a common great-great-great-great-great-grandparent.
- step-cousinsplural of step-cousin: A nephew or niece of someone's stepparent; a child of someone's stepaunt or stepuncle (in the sense of a sibling of someone's stepparent).
- third cousinsplural of third cousin: A grandchild of one's grandparent's first cousin.
- cater-cousinsplural of cater-cousin: A person who, while not being a blood relation, is regarded as close enough to be called a cousin; a (very) close or good friend; a bosom friend.
- paternal cousinsplural of paternal cousin: A child of one's father's sibling
- first cross-cousinsplural of first cross-cousin: The child of one's mother's brother of father's sister.
- forty-second cousinsplural of forty-second cousin: Any very distant relative.
Compound words 5
- cousinshipsplural of cousinship: The state of being cousins, or the relationship that exists among cousins.
- grandcousinsplural of grandcousin: The grandchild of a first cousin, or the first cousin of a grandparent; first cousin twice removed.
- noncousinsplural of noncousin: One who is not a cousin.
- orthocousinsplural of orthocousin: Any of two or more cousins who are the children of siblings of identical gender, i.e. children of brothers or of sisters.
- stepcousinsplural of stepcousin: A nephew or niece of someone's stepparent; a child of someone's stepaunt or stepuncle (in the sense of a sibling of someone's stepparent).