Synonyms of the word akin


AKINCOGNATE - CONSANGUINE - CONSANGUINEAL - CONSANGUINEOUS - KIN - KINDRED - RELATED - SIMILAR

akin

  • adj. (of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.
  • adj. (often followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.

cognate

  • adj. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.
  • adj. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred.
  • adj. (linguistics) Descended from the same source lexeme of an ancestor language.
  • n. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
  • n. (law, dated) One who is related to another on the female side.
  • n. (law, dated) One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal…
  • n. (linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given…

consanguine

  • adj. Related by birth or "by blood," i.e. having close ancestors in common.

consanguineal

  • adj. Related by bloodline; consanguineous.

consanguineous

  • adj. Related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.

kin

  • n. Race; family; breed; kind.
  • n. (collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
  • n. One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
  • n. Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
  • n. Kind; sort; manner; way.
  • adj. Related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in "kin to".
  • n. A primitive Chinese musical instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.
  • n. Alternative form of k'in.
  • v. Pronunciation spelling of can.

kindred

  • n. (often plural only) Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
  • n. (often plural only) People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.
  • n. (countable) A grouping of relatives.
  • n. A combination of extended family and religious group, of the Ásatrú religious order in America.
  • adj. Of the same nature.

related

  • adj. Standing in relation or connection.
  • adj. Being a relative of.
  • adj. Narrated; told.
  • adj. (music) Same as the adjective relative.
  • adj. (mathematics) Fulfilling a relation.
  • adj. (in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of relate.

similar

  • adj. Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
  • adj. (mathematics) Of geometrical figures including triangles, squares, ellipses, arcs and more complex figures,…
  • n. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
  • n. (homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.

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