kindred
- a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- a group of persons related to another; family, tribe, or clan.
- relationship by birth or descent, or sometimes by marriage; kinship.
- natural relationship; affinity.
- associated by origin, nature, qualities, etc.: kindred languages.
- having the same belief, attitude, or feeling: We are kindred spirits on the issue of gun control.
- related by birth or descent; having kinship: kindred tribes.
- belonging to kin or relatives: kindred blood.
Origin of kindred
Related Words for kindred
agnate, cognate, incident, kin, parallel, congeneric, clan, tribe, relationship, family, flesh, house, blood, consanguinity, affinity, connection, race, relation, lineage, cousinExamples from the Web for kindred
Contemporary Examples of kindred
I learned some things from my younger self—the adventurous, kindred spirit.
Shailene Woodley Opens Up About Coming of Age, ‘Divergent,’ and the Faults in Our WorldMarlow Stern
January 22, 2014
So, to take his mind off things, he logs into a phone sex chatroom and connects with a woman whom he thinks is a kindred spirit.
The Mysteries of ‘Her’: Kristen Wiig’s Phone Sex Scene, Scarlett Johansson, and MoreMarlow Stern
December 11, 2013
Just me, my 95-year-old dad, and tens of thousands of our kindred spirits.
Kramer and Billy are kindred spirits, but Kramer accuses Billy of being blinded by the seductions of capitalism.
An American boy found a kindred spirit in the king of England and was inspired to fight this disorder.
Historical Examples of kindred
No one of our kindred must enter the family of Pericles as a slave.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
The family affection of the Jew, his kindness to his kindred, have become proverbial.
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
With the insight of a kindred temperament he pronounced his verdict.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
If you be really of her kindred, I commend to you my brother: he is at ——, with Mr. Morton.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
The plains were fatherland and mother-country, home and kindred, to Tom.
The Village Watch-Tower(AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
kindred
- having similar or common qualities, origin, etc
- related by blood or marriage
- kindred spirit a person with whom one has something in common
- relationship by blood
- similarity in character
- a person's relatives collectively
Word Origin for kindred
Word Origin and History for kindred
c.1200, kinraden, compound of kin (q.v.) + -rede, from Old English ræden "condition, rule," related to rædan "to advise, rule" (see read (v.)). With intrusive -d- (17c.) probably for phonetic reasons (cf. thunder) but perhaps encouraged by kind (n.). As an adjective, 1520s, from the noun.
kindred
(kĭn′drĭd)- A group of related persons, such as a clan or tribe.