单词 | kindred |
释义 | kindred/ˈkɪndrɪd /noun [treated as plural] 1One’s family and relations.Yet in all these instances family custom ensured some distribution of property to members of a property-owning kindred, and required the head of the family to make some provision for unfortunate kinsmen....
Synonyms family, relatives, relations, kin, family members, connections, kith and kin, one's own flesh and blood, clan, tribe, house, lineage informal folks dated people formal kinsfolk, kinsmen/kinswomen 1.1 [mass noun] Relationship by blood: ties of kindred...
Synonyms kinship, family ties, being related, relationship, relatedness, blood relationship, ties of blood, consanguinity, common ancestry, common lineage adjective [attributive] Similar in kind; related: books on kindred subjects...
Synonyms related, allied, connected, closely connected/related, comparable, similar, like, alike, parallel, associated, corresponding, cognate, analogous, interconnected, affiliated OriginMiddle English: from kin + -red (from Old English rǣden 'condition'), with insertion of -d- in the modern spelling through phonetic development (as in thunder). |
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