'next of kin' definitions:
Definition of 'next of kin'
(from WordNet)
noun
The person who is (or persons who are) most closely related to a given person
Synonyms of 'next of kin'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agnate,
- ancestry,
- blood,
- blood relation,
- blood relative,
- clansman,
- cognate,
- collateral,
- collateral relative,
- connections,
- consanguinean,
- distaff side,
- distant relation,
- enate,
- family,
- flesh,
- flesh and blood,
- folks,
- german,
- kin,
- kindred,
- kinfolk,
- kinnery,
- kinsfolk,
- kinsman,
- kinsmen,
- kinswoman,
- kith and kin,
- near relation,
- people,
- posterity,
- relations,
- relatives,
- sib,
- sibling,
- spear kin,
- spear side,
- spindle kin,
- spindle side,
- sword side,
- tribesman,
- uterine kin