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Family is where relatives live together and are bound together by emotional relationships. It is also a place for us to return after all the chaos of life to gather with family. In this article, Romaielts will introduce you to 54 English vocabulary words about family topics commonly found in life
In this blog, you are going to learn some great IELTS Speaking vocabulary you can talk about your family. This blog will be very, very helpful if you are taking the IELTS because they often ask you to talk about your family in the speaking section. Most of these IELTS conversational vocabulary words are important to know for your Speaking and Listening tests, but can also come up in Reading passages.
Some questions related to family vocabulary:
Talk about your family:
IELTS Vocabulary Words for Family
| WORD | MEANING | EXAMPLE |
| Family |
a group of people who are related to each other |
I love my family very much. |
| Spouse | A wife or husband | I’ve been married to my spouse for 20 years. |
| Sibling | A brother or sister. | Rohan has three siblings, one sister and two brothers. |
| In-laws | The relatives of your spouse. | My In- laws are great people |
| Foster parents | to take care of someone else’s child, usually for a limited time period | We are constantly in need of foster parents. |
| Strict | Limiting someone’s behavior. | My parents were very strict when it came to school studies. |
| Easy-going | Not easily upset or worried. | My boss is easy-going about time keeping. He doesn’t get angry when we are late. |
| Nuclear family | A family consisting of two parents and their children but not including other relatives. | The average nuclear family today has two children. |
| Cousin | The children of your aunt or uncle. | Every summer we spent our holidays with our cousins at our grandparent's house. |
| Immediate family | very close relations, such as your parents, children, brothers, sisters, husband or wife | My immediate family are father, mother, and my two little sisters. |
| Extended family | a family unit that includes grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, and uncles, cousin etc. | I have a large extended family with many nieces and nephews. |
| Dysfunctional family | a family that is not behaving or working normally | Cyrps came from a dysfunctional family |
| Great Grandparents | The parents of your grandparents. | My great grandparents are live in paris. |
| Next to kin | A group of people you are most closely related to | When you apply for a marriage certificate, you have to name your next of kin. |
| Raise | To take care of someone until they are grown up. | My sister raised four kids on her own after she got divorced. |
| Guardian | a person who is legally responsible for a child | The court appointed a guardian after his parents passed away. |
| Godmother | a woman who sponsors a child at baptism; often a close family friend | My aunt is my God mother |
| Divorced | Previously married but not anymore | They got divorced after a very difficult marriage. |
| Maternal/Paternal | A mother’s/father’s feeling and behavior towards their child. | Studies suggest that maternal care has a more positive impact than paternal. |
| Relative | A member of your family | All my relatives are great peoples. |
| A blood relative |
who is related to another person by blood or ancestry | Seema is not my blood relative. |
| Idioms | Meaning | Examples |
| Helicopter parents | Over-attentive parents. | My grandmother supervises everything her daughter does and never lets her make decisions. She’s a real helicopter parent. |
| A chip off the old block | To have a similar personality | Rahil is a professional footballer just like his father. He’s a chip off the old block. |
| Breadwinner | The person who financially supports the family. | My mother and father are both in our family. They work 6 days a week to provide for us. |
| Run in the family | Family members have the same personal or physical quality. | Baldness runs in our family. All my brothers lost the hair before they were 30 years old. |
| Blood is thicker than water | The relationship with one’s family is stronger than any other relationship. | I always agree with my sister when she argues with her husband. Blood is thicker than water |
| Born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth | To come from a wealthy family | Ram was Born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His father was a multi-millionaire banker. |
| One big happy family | one big happy family | We have one big happy family. |
| Child’s play | Something that is very easy to do. | For her, computer programming is child's play. |
Sibling rivalry |
Competition between brother and sisters | My sister and I had a lot of sibling rivalry growing up, but we’re close now that we’re adults. |
Ways to improve your family vocabulary:
