akin
Americanadjective
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of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively).
cousins who were too closely akin for marriage.
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allied by nature; having the same properties.
Something akin to vertigo was troubling her.
- Synonyms:
- parallel, comparable, analogous, similar, cognate
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having or showing an affinity; kindred.
They are emotionally but not intellectually akin.
adjective
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related by blood; of the same kin
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(often foll by to) having similar characteristics, properties, etc
Etymology
Origin of akin
Example Sentences
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Mission specialist Christina Koch, the first woman to venture into deep space, said preparing for the 10-day journey was akin to planning for a camping trip.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
Wall Street has been akin to the Fed and largely “sitting on its hands” about making any changes to its forecasts during the war uncertainity, Melson at Natixis said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
The amount of radiation used is small, akin to a mammogram, and the scans typically don’t need to be repeated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
For decades, wildfires were considered a reactive emergency, but more disaster experts are looking for ways to apply proactive messaging, deployment and warning systems to fires — systems more akin to hurricane preparedness.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
He saw me as something akin to an animal in that he felt no need to maintain his sense of human dignity, though certainly he would have denied this.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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