akin en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /əˈkɪn/ (UK)
- /ʌˈkɪn/ (US)
Etymology
From a corruption of of kin, from Middle English of kyn (“related, of kin”), equivalent to a- + kin (1550s). Compare Old English cyn, cynn (“akin, proper, suitable”, adj.).
Meanings
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Of persons, of the same kin; related by blood.
The faces changed, passing in rotation. Youthful faces, bearded faces, dark faces: faces serene, or faces moody, but all akin with the brotherhood of the sea.
1897, Joseph Conrad, The Children of the Sea: A Tale of the Forecastle, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, →OCLC:[W]e are too near a kin to lye together, tho' vve may Lodge near one another; […]
1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], London: […] W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […]; and T. Edling, […], published 1722, →OCLC, page 137:
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Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
Is not then Fruition near akin to Love?
1677, Theophilus Gale, The Court of the Gentiles, T. Cockeril, part 4, bk. 1, ch. 2, p. 27Something akin to a smile shone on his face.
1910 July, Zane Grey, “Old Well-Well”, in Success:Picking up speed with each passing second, the rod would then penetrate the ground and generate an explosion akin to a small nuclear weapon using nothing but gravity for its propulsion.
2025 May 12, Jeff Edwards, “Rods from God: Unleashing Orbital Kinetic Bombardment as a Theoretical Defense System”, in Mira Safety, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2025:After all, that would be akin to a self-coup. Apart from the traditional vision of a coup requiring a military takeover of the government, self-coups occur when governments depart from typical norms of democracy by altering election laws, calling into question election results or seeking to suspend their constitutions in order to stay in power.
2022 January 19, Robert Alexander, “What 2020’s pro-Trump phony electors means for 2024”, in CNN, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2022:Mr. Winkle . . . took his hand with a feeling of regard, akin to veneration.
1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter XXXIX, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:She told me that she hoped my Face was not akin to my Tongue.
1710 March 19 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY, March 9, 1709–1710. To the Spectator, &c..”, in The Spectator, number 8; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 39:I'll be interested to see how this service does. It will be basic with fares to match, so will be akin to a budget airline taking on a flag-carrier.
2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 52:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most akin | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| a kin | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| more akin | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| a-kin | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hypernyms
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Synonyms
kindred · cognate · connate · akin
Translations (55)
es pariente (of the same kin; related by blood) · hu rokon (of the same kind; similar) · nl gelijkaardig (of the same kind; similar) · fi kaltainen (of the same kind; similar) · ca semblant (of the same kind; similar) · uk споріднений (of the same kin; related by blood) · fr analogue (of the same kind; similar) · cs příbuzný (of the same kin; related by blood) · de analog (of the same kind; similar) · pl pokrewny (of the same kind; similar) · ru ро́дственный (of the same kin; related by blood) · sk podobný (of the same kind; similar) · de verwandt (of the same kin; related by blood) · uk подібний (of the same kind; similar) · mk налик (of the same kind; similar) · cs pokrevní (of the same kin; related by blood) · es semejante (of the same kind; similar) · nl verwant (of the same kind; similar) · fr apparenté (of the same kin; related by blood) · fi sukua (of the same kin; related by blood) · cs srovnatelný (of the same kind; similar) · pt semelhante (of the same kin; related by blood) · hu hasonló (of the same kind; similar) · eo rilata (of the same kind; similar) · sk taký ako ... (of the same kind; similar) · cs podobný (of the same kind; similar) · bg сроден (of the same kind; similar) · pl spokrewniony (of the same kin; related by blood) · pl zbliżony (of the same kind; similar) · es pintiparado (of the same kind; similar) · de ähnlich (of the same kind; similar) · sk pokrvný (of the same kin; related by blood) · pt semelhante (of the same kind; similar) · nl verwant (of the same kin; related by blood) · es afín (of the same kind; similar) · es parejo (of the same kind; similar) · es similar (of the same kind; similar) · it affine (of the same kind; similar) · eo simila (of the same kind; similar) · cs blízký (of the same kind; similar) · it consanguineo (of the same kin; related by blood) · cmn 与（……）相似 (of the same kind; similar) · ru сродни́ (of the same kind; similar) · ru подо́бный (of the same kind; similar) · fi lainen (of the same kind; similar) · bg имащ кръвно родство (of the same kin; related by blood) · es emparentado (of the same kin; related by blood) · sh srȍdan (of the same kin; related by blood) · bg близък (of the same kind; similar) · hu analóg (of the same kind; similar) · sh srȍdan (of the same kind; similar) · es análogo (of the same kind; similar) · es consanguíneo (of the same kin; related by blood) · sk príbuzný (of the same kind; similar) · sk príbuzný (of the same kin; related by blood)