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looking or being almost but not exactly the same. similar I have a sofa quite similar to yours. like She's a lot like her mother. alike The girls look alike. close My cousin and I are quite close in age. something like I was worried something like this would happen. See more results » SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of AKIN is related by blood : descended from a common ancestor or prototype. How to use akin in a sentence.
adjective. us / əˈkɪn / Add to word list. having some of the same qualities; similar: They speak a language akin to French. (Definition of akin from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of akin. akin. This, for a writer, is akin to a cook who has no appetite. From Huffington Post.
adjective. 1. of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively) cousins who were too closely akin for marriage. 2. allied by nature; having the same properties. Something akin to vertigo was troubling her. 3. having or showing an affinity; kindred.
If two things are akin, then they're similar or related. A cupcake is akin to a cake and relatives are akin to each other. If you know the word kin — a relative — then you have a clue to the meaning of akin. People who are related are akin, but the word goes beyond blood relations.
having or showing an affinity; kindred: They are emotionally but not intellectually akin. akin. / əˈkɪn / adjective. related by blood; of the same kin. often foll by to having similar characteristics, properties, etc.
Definition of akin adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a•kin (ə kin′), adj. of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively): cousins who were too closely akin for marriage. allied by nature; having the same properties: Something akin to vertigo was troubling her. having or showing an affinity; kindred: They are emotionally but not intellectually akin. see a - 2, kin 1580–90.
A complete guide to the word "AKIN": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
adjective. Of the same kin; related by blood. American Heritage. Of one kin; related through a common ancestor. Webster's New World. Having a similar quality or character; analogous. American Heritage. Having similar qualities; similar. Webster's New World. Sharing a common origin or an ancestral form. American Heritage.
