↔️ Antonyms of "Nephew"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| niecenoun | A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece"). |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Nephew"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| cousinnoun | (specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin. |
| brothernoun | Son of the same parents as another person. |
| grandsonnoun | A son of one's child. |
| kinnoun | (collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred. |
| grandchildnoun | A child of someone's child. |
| ibnnoun | (in Arabic names) son of |
| neveunoun | A surname from French. |
| sobrinonoun | — |
| niblingnoun | (originally chiefly anthropology, often in the plural) Used especially as a gender-neutral term: the child of one's sibling or sibling-in-law; one's nephew or niece. |
| nevenoun | (rare or obsolete) Nephew. |
| nepos | a Latin word originally meaning “grandson” or “descendant", that evolved with time to signify "nephew". |
| kinsmannoun | A male relative. |
| sororal nephewnoun | The son of one's sister. (This entry is a translation hub.) |
| niecenoun | A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece"). |
| nephnoun | (rare, slang) A nephrologist. |
| nephew-in-lawnoun | Someone's niece's husband |
| grandnephewnoun | A grandson of one's sibling; a son of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's grandson: fraternal grandnephew. Sister's grandson: sororal grandnephew.) |
| grandniecenoun | A granddaughter of one's sibling; a daughter of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's granddaughter: fraternal grandniece. Sister's granddaughter: sororal grandniece.) |
| first cousinnoun | A child of a parent's sibling; a nephew or niece of a parent; a child of one's uncle or aunt. |
| great-grandnephewnoun | A great-grandson of one's sibling, a grandson of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's great-grandson: fraternal great-grandnephew. Sister's great-grandson: sororal great-grandnephew.) |
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