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akin

/ʌˈkɪn/adjective2 syllables

Akin means: related by blood.

Synonyms for akin10

adjective, as in related by blood

blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin, related

adjective, as in similar in quality or character

kindred, similar

also used for akin

connate

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What does akin mean?2

adjective

1

related by blood

2

similar in quality or character“a feeling akin to terror”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with akin?34

two syllables

withinbeginberlinwherein

three syllables

violin
Show 40 near rhymes
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All 34 rhymes for akin, grouped by syllable

Akin in a sentence

  • This problem is akin to the one we had last year.magnificentgoddess
  • The singing of the local birds is akin to the sound of a drill.FeuDRenais2
  • It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for her.faehrmann
  • The process of artistic creation isn't necessarily akin to factory production.nonong
  • Akin to someone driving a donkey up an incline.anzart
  • Sleep is something akin to death. To die is, simply, not to wake up.carlosalberto
  • For children, poverty is akin to a punishment for a crime that they have never committed.hakimsopiak
  • A buffalo is akin to an ox.shekitten

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