Akin

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Akin \A*kin"\, a. [Pref. a- (for of) + kin.]
     1. Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as,
        the two families are near akin.
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     2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the


        same kind. "A joy akin to rapture." --Cowper.
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              The literary character of the work is akin to its
              moral character.                      --Jeffrey.
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     Note: This adjective is used only after the noun.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  akin
       adj 1: similar or related in quality or character; "a feeling akin
              to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely
              related to the collector" [syn: {akin(p)}, {kindred},
              {related}]
       2: related by blood [syn: {akin(p)}, {blood-related}, {cognate},
           {consanguine}, {consanguineous}, {kin(p)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "akin":
     accordant, according, affiliated, affinal, affinitive, agnate,
     agreeable, agreeing, alike, allied, amicable, analogous, at one,
     attuned, avuncular, closely related, cognate, collateral,
     comparable, compatible, concordant, conforming, congeneric,
     congenerous, congenial, connate, connatural, connected,
     consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous, consonant, conspecific,
     correlative, corresponding, distantly related, empathetic,
     empathic, en rapport, enate, foster, frictionless,
     genetically related, german, germane, harmonious, harmonizing,
     in accord, in concert, in rapport, in tune, incident, inharmony,
     kindred, like, like-minded, matrilateral, matrilineal,
     matroclinous, novercal, of common source, of one mind,
     of the blood, parallel, patrilateral, patrilineal, patroclinous,
     peaceful, related, related by blood, sib, sibling, similar,
     sympathetic, together, understanding, undifferentiated, uniform,
     united, uterine