kinswoman

Definitions

A female relative.

A woman who is related to another person by blood or marriage.

Examples

She was a distant kinswoman of the royal family, though she lived a quiet life in the countryside.

The elderly woman welcomed her young kinswoman into her home with open arms.

As a loyal kinswoman, she felt obligated to defend her cousin's reputation against the rumors.

Synonyms

relative relation female relative blood relation kin family member cousin

Antonyms

stranger outsider nonrelative unrelated person alien foreigner