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Definitions for Kin

[1] a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
[2] family relationship or kinship.
[3] a group of persons descended from a common ancestor or constituting a people, clan, tribe, or family.
[4] a relative or kinsman.
[5] someone or something of the same or similar kind: philosophy and its kin, theology.
[6] of the same family; related; akin.
[7] of the same kind or nature; having affinity.
[8] of kin , of the same family; related; akin: Although their surnames are identical they are not of kin.
[9] a diminutive suffix of nouns: lambkin.
[10] a person's relatives collectively; kindred
[11] a class or group with similar characteristics
[12] See next of kin
[13] (postpositive) related by blood
[14] a less common word for akin
[15] small lambkin

Words related to Kin

tribe, family, people, house, sibling, relation, folk, member, extraction, affinity, stock, lineage, relationship, kindred, blood, cousin, clan, consanguinity, connection, race

Words nearby Kin

kimbundu, kimchi, kimmelstiel-wilson disease, kimmer, kimono, kin, kin selection, kin-, kina, kinabalu, kinaesthesia

Origin of Kin

-kinMiddle English < Middle Dutch, Middle Low German -ken; cognate with German -chen

Words that may be confused with Kin

ken, kin, kin, kith

Other words from Kin

kin·less , adjective

Word origin for Kin

-kinfrom Middle Dutch, of West Germanic origin; compare German -chen

Synonyms for Kin

affinity, blood, clan, connection, consanguinity, cousin, extraction, family, folk, house, kindred, kinsfolk, kinship, kinsperson, kith, lineage, member, people, race, relation, relationship, sibling, stock, tribe