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- pronunciation:
kIn
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
related by blood; kin (often fol. by "to").
It is less common nowadays to marry someone who is akin to you.President Franklin Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor Roosevelt were akin, but only distantly.- synonyms:
- consanguineous, kin, kindred, related
- antonyms:
- unrelated
- similar words:
- cognate, connected, german, natural
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| definition 2: |
similar in nature (often fol. by "to").
She considers suicide to be akin to murder.The languages of Sweden and Norway are closely akin.- synonyms:
- alike, allied, corresponding, kin, kindred, like, similar
- antonyms:
- alien, different, dissimilar, unlike
- similar words:
- analogous, close, cognate, correlative, parallel
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| related words: |
alike, comparable, near, similar, twin |
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