related by blood; of the same kin - (often followed by to)
having similar characteristics, properties, etc
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a•kin /əˈkɪn/USA pronunciation
adj. [be + ~ + to]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- having similar properties, qualities, preferences, etc.:Her thoughts on the subject were akin to mine.
a•kin
(ə kin′),USA pronunciation adj.
- of kin;
related by blood (usually used predicatively):cousins who were too closely akin for marriage. - allied by nature;
having the same properties:Something akin to vertigo was troubling her. - having or showing an affinity;
kindred:They are emotionally but not intellectually akin.
- see a-2, kin 1580–90
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . cognate; similar, analogous, comparable, parallel.
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'akin' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-agogue
- A, a
- Aegir
- Aesir
- Agni
- Aiora
- Allah
- Altaic
- abet
- abode
- above
- acid
- acro-
- acute
- adeno-
- advocate
- aedes
- aedicule
- aethalium
- affine
- aft
- aftermath
- agnate
- agonic
- ahimsa
- ail
- akathisia
- alder
- aleph
- alike
- all
- allied
- allodium
- allophylian
- alogia
- altar
- alumnus
- alutaceous
- ambatch
- ambi-
- amboceptor
- ambrosia
- ameba
- among
- amphi-
- amphora
- amrita
- amt
- analogous
- cognate