extended family
noun[Cusually singular,+ sing/pl verb]
uk/ɪkˌsten.dɪd ˈfæm.əl.i/us/ɪkˌsten.dɪd ˈfæm.əl.i/afamilyunitthatincludesgrandmothers,grandfathers,aunts, anduncles, etc. inadditiontoparentsandchildren
(几代同堂的)大家庭Compare
nuclear familyspecialized
your relatives
- relativeAll my relatives gather every year for a family reunion.
- extended familyHe has a very large extended family.
- relationShe is a distant relation of his, though I don't quite remember how.
- kinHe remained true to his kin.
- mother's/father's side (of the family)I have aunts and uncles on my mother's side of the family.
Family: relations in general
- anti-family
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- biologically
- fatherhood
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- grand-nephew
- kinsman
- kinswoman
- kith and kin
- long-lost
- loved one
- relative
- removed
- second cousin
- sib
- sibling