Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun kissing_kin
1 sense of kissing kin
Sense 1
kissing cousin, kissing kin -- (a more or less distant relative; familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss)
=> relative, relation -- (a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey")