Brother-in-law
Brother-in-law noun - A brother by marriage.
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Synonyms for Brother-in-law
Family member and brother-in-law are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Family member" instead a noun phrase "Brother-in-law".
Family member
Brother-in-law and family member are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brother-in-law" instead a noun phrase "Family member".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- relation and brother-in-law
- relation and family member
- relative and brother-in-law
- relative and family member
- mother and brother-in-law
- mother and family member
- father and brother-in-law
- father and family member
- kinsman and brother-in-law
- kinsman and family member
- sibling and brother-in-law
- sibling and family member
- aunt and brother-in-law
- aunt and family member
Both terms in one sentence
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Osiris, the brother-in-law of Black Adam, the (sort of) Evil Counterpart of Captain Marvel, takes in a lonely anthropomorphic crocodile as a pet/family member whom he names Sobek.
Source: The Farmer and the Viper -
They are all proud Russians and they don't take the news that the man they thought was a friend and family member is an American spy well, with both his daughter and his brother-in-law outright considering him a traitor.
Source: Series / Airwolf
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Family member and Brother-in-law. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/brother-in-law/family_member
Brother-in-law & Family member. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/brother-in-law/family_member>.
Family member or Brother-in-law. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/brother-in-law/family_member.
