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Kin

🔄 Synonyms of "Kin"

12 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
cognatenoun	(linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.
clannoun	(anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
tribenoun	(history, anthropology) An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.
consanguinenoun	Related by birth or "by blood", i.e. having close ancestors in common.
consanguineous	Related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.
familynoun	A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
kin groupnoun	group of people related by blood or marriage
kinspersonnoun	A kinsman or kinswoman.
blood-related	related by blood
akinverb	(often followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
kindrednoun	(often plural only) Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
kinship groupnoun	group of people related by blood or marriage

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Kin"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
consanguinenoun	A person related to another by birth.
kindrednoun	(often plural only) Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
consanguineous	Related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.
cognatenoun	One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
akinnoun	A surname.
kinspersonnoun	A kinsman or kinswoman.
familynoun	A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
clannoun	(anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
tribenoun	(history, anthropology) An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.
related	Standing in relation or connection.
blood-related	related by blood
kin groupnoun	group of people related by blood or marriage
kinship groupnoun	group of people related by blood or marriage
kinshipnoun	Relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption.
relatednessnoun	The state of being related, especially by kinship.
ancestornoun	One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.
stemnoun	The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
folksnoun	(US) People in general; everybody or anybody.
familial	Of or pertaining to a human family.
parenthoodnoun	The state of being a parent