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[ kin-drid ] / ˈkɪn drɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR kindred ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin. a group of persons related to another; family, tribe, or clan. relationship by birth or descent, or sometimes by marriage; kinship. natural relationship; affinity. adjectiveassociated by origin, nature, qualities, etc.: kindred languages. having the same belief, attitude, or feeling: We are kindred spirits on the issue of gun control. related by birth or descent; having kinship: kindred tribes. belonging to kin or relatives: kindred blood. Origin of kindred1125–75; Middle English, variant (with epenthetic d) of kinrede.See kin, -red OTHER WORDS FROM kindredkin·dred·less, adjectivekin·dred·ness, nounkin·dred·ship, nounWords nearby kindredkindliness, kindling, kindly, kindness, kind of, kindred, kindred spirit, Kindu, kindy, kine, kinematic pair Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for kindredI learned some things from my younger self—the adventurous, kindred spirit. Shailene Woodley Opens Up About Coming of Age, ‘Divergent,’ and the Faults in Our World|Marlow Stern|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Just me, my 95-year-old dad, and tens of thousands of our kindred spirits. Ole Miss Football Games Unite a Son and His Aging Father|Stuart Stevens|November 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST Kramer and Billy are kindred spirits, but Kramer accuses Billy of being blinded by the seductions of capitalism. The Novel Fox News Doesn’t Want You to Read: Ernest Poole’s ‘The Harbor’|John Stoehr|August 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST An American boy found a kindred spirit in the king of England and was inspired to fight this disorder. Harvey Weinstein on Why He Re-Released The King's Speech PG-13|Harvey Weinstein|April 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Anyone who has put up with the fake rigors of celebrity (or has addiction problems) has got to find a kindred spirit here. Notes on Charlie Sheen and the End of Empire|Bret Easton Ellis|March 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST The kindred of Mrs. Washington alike share his solicitudes, paternal care, and constant kindness. Washington in Domestic Life|Richard Rush The Dictator graciously expressed his confidence that he should find a kindred spirit in Mr. Sarrasin's brother. The Dictator|Justin McCarthy I suggested her returning to her kindred or entering a convent. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family|Elizabeth Rundle Charles The moral side of the public speaker will include the development of character, sympathy, self-confidence and kindred qualities. Successful Methods of Public Speaking|Grenville Kleiser It seemed that some great evil threatened his wife and kindred at home—an evil which he had no power to avert. Legends of Longdendale|Thomas Middleton
British Dictionary definitions for kindred
adjectivehaving similar or common qualities, origin, etc related by blood or marriage kindred spirit a person with whom one has something in common nounrelationship by blood similarity in character a person's relatives collectively Derived forms of kindredkindredness or kindredship, nounWord Origin for kindredC12 kinred, from kin + -red, from Old English rǣden rule, from rǣdan to rule Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to kindredagnate, cognate, incident, kin, parallel, congeneric, clan, tribe, relationship, family, flesh, house, blood, consanguinity, affinity, connection, race, relation, lineage, cousin Medical definitions for kindred
n.A group of related persons, such as a clan or tribe. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |