People and Relative

People

People noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.

Usage example: introduced my new boyfriend to my people

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Relative and people are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Relative" instead a noun "People".

Nearby Words: peopled, peopling

Relative noun - A person connected with another by blood or marriage.

Usage example: it's always fun to see all your relatives at a big family gathering

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People and relative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "People" instead a noun "Relative". dated substitute

close	close people	close relative
old	old people	old relative
rich	rich people	rich relative
normal	normal people	normal relative
Other adjectives: future, dead, poor, powerful, actual, sick, living, innocent, young, famous, crazy, random, last, different, older, modern, elderly, younger.

Subversion: A lot of people expected Reid to be revealed as a relative of John Dixon, given their similarities, but the only relative revealed was Reid's uncle, as both his parents were dead.

Source: Long-Lost Relative
One of their most effective methods, aside from their slightly ludicrous relative size to the population, was an uncanny ability to get people to snitch or spy on their friends and family.

Source: Secret Police
This was the fate of a relative of Gypsum's, who refused to hurt other people with her curses.The novel, written by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, deals mostly with Gypsum's struggle with finding a non-destructive use of her cursing ability and with her relationship with her family.

Source: Literature / A Fistful of Sky