blood relation
noun [C] (also blood relative)Definition
› someone who is related to you by birth rather than through marriageFamily relations in general
(Definition of blood relation noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aunt noun
- be sb's own flesh and blood idiom
- birth mother noun
- birth parent noun
- black sheep noun
- fraternal adjective
- grandchild noun
- granddaughter noun
- grandfather noun
- grandmother noun
- maternal adjective
- matriarch noun
- mother noun (PARENT)
- motherhood noun
- nan noun 1
- sisterhood noun
- son noun
- uncle noun
- working mother/father/parent noun
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