akin
/əˈkɪn
/adjective [predicative]
1Of similar character: something akin to gratitude overwhelmed her genius and madness are akin...
- The limestone pavement gives the island a character akin to the Burren with a similar flora.
- This gives it a unique character, more akin to a board game such as chess than to a normal card game.
- As Ray puts it, this is akin to the change and variation occurring among the characters in a story.
Synonyms
similar, related, close, near, corresponding, comparable, parallel, equivalent;
allied with, connected with, like;
alike, matching, analogous, cognate, of a piece
1.1Related by blood: my parents were akin, probably half cousins
Origin
Mid 16th century: contracted form of of kin.
Rhymes
- definiendum
- definiens
- defining moment
- definite
- definite article
- definite description
- definite integral
- definitely
- definiteness
- definition
- definitional
- definitionally
- definitive
- definitive host
- definitively
- deflagrate
- deflagration
- deflagrator
- deflate
- deflation
- deflationary
- deflationist
- deflator
- deflect
- deflection