Nephew

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  • noun. A son of one's brother or sister or of the brother or sister of one's spouse.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A grandchild; sometimes, a more remote lineal descendant.
  • noun. A cousin.
  • noun. The son of one's brother or sister. This is now the usual meaning. Sometimes, in the interpretation of wills, the word is understood as including also ‘grandnephew.’
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant.
  • noun. A cousin.
  • noun. The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law or sister-in-law.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a son of your brother or sister
    • Word Usage
    "I am sure your nephew is an employee de confianza and not a member of the PEMEX union -- I was just talking about the union benefits."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    aunt  niece  uncle  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    kinsman  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    grandnephew  great-nephew  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    grandnephew  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    brother-in-law  companion  cousin  daughter  grandchild  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aunt  auntie  blood brother  brethren  brother  
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