kindred

UK: /ˈkɪndrɪd/ US: /ˈkɪndrɪd/ ,(kin′drid)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

kin•dred /ˈkɪndrɪd/   n. [uncountable]

1. Anthropology a person's relatives thought of as a group;
   kin;
   kinfolk.
2. Sociology relationship by birth or descent;
   kinship.

adj. 

3. closely similar:
   kindred spirits.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

kin•dred  (kin′drid), n. 

1. Anthropology, Sociology a person's relatives collectively;
   kinfolk;
   kin.
2. Sociology a group of persons related to another;
   family, tribe, or race.
3. Sociology relationship by birth or descent, or sometimes by marriage;
   kinship.
4. natural relationship;
   affinity.

adj. 

5. associated by origin, nature, qualities, etc.:
   kindred languages.
6. having the same belief, attitude, or feeling:
   We are kindred spirits on the issue of gun control.
7. Sociology related by birth or descent;
   having kinship:
   kindred tribes.
8. Sociology belonging to kin or relatives:
   kindred blood.

• Middle English, variant (with epenthetic d) of kinrede. See kin, -red 1125–75

kin′dred•less, adj. 
kin′dred•ness, n. 
kin′dred•ship′, n. 

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kindred / ˈkɪndrɪd/ adjective

1. having similar or common qualities, origin, etc
2. related by blood or marriage
3. kindred spirit ⇒ a person with whom one has something in common

noun

1. relationship by blood
2. similarity in character
3. a person's relatives collectively

Etymology: 12th Century kinred, from kin + -red, from Old English rǣden rule, from rǣdan to rule