Definition of COUSINS

cousins

Meanings

Noun

  • the child of your aunt or uncle
  • The American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective).
  • plural of cousin

Verb

  • third-person singular simple present indicative of cousin

Origin / Etymology

From cousin + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense forms of verbs).
The plural noun sense 1 (“American or British intelligence services”) was popularized in the works of the English author John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell; 1930–2020).

Synonyms

cousin, cousin-german, first cousin, full cousin

Scrabble Score: 9

cousins is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cousins is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cousins is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

cousins is a valid Words With Friends word