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1. (adj.) akin
of kin; related by blood.
2. akin
allied by nature or inclination; having the same or very similar properties, qualities, preferences, etc.
Etymology: (1580–90)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) akin(p), kindred
similar in quality or character
"a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector"
2. (adj) akin(p), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin(p)
related by blood
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1. (adj) akin
of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin
2. (adj) akin
allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind
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Sense: (often with to ) similar in nature
This problem is akin to the one we had last year.
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 Afrikaans: soortgelyk |
 Arabic: مُتَشَابِه، مُتَجَانِس |
 Bulgarian: сроден |
 Brazilian: parecido |
 Czech: příbuzný, podobný |
 German: verwandt, vergleichbar |
 Danish: beslægtet |
 Greek: συναφής, σχετικός |
 Spanish: parecido, semejante, anál |
 Estonian: sarnane |
 Farsi: مشابه |
 Finnish: samankaltainen |
 French: apparenté (à) |
 Hebrew: דוֹמֶה |
 Hindi: सदृश |
 Croatian: srodan |
 Hungarian: rokon vmivel |
 Indonesian: serupa |
 Icelandic: keimlíkur |
 Italian: simile |
 Japanese: 同種の |
 Korean: 동종의, 유사한 |
 Lithuanian: toks pat kaip, panašus, a |
 Latvian: radniecīgs; līdzīgs |
 Malay: sama |
 Dutch: verwant |
 Norwegian: beslektet, lik |
 Polish: pokrewny, bliski |
 Persian: مشابه |
 Pashto: ورته |
 Portuguese: parecido |
 Romanian: înrudit/asemănător cu |
 Russian: похожий, сродни |
 Slovak: príbuzný, podobný (čomu) |
 Slovenian: soroden |
 Serbian: sličan |
 Swedish: besläktad med, liknande |
 Thai: เหมือนกัน |
 Turkish: benzer |
 Taiwanese: 同性質的 |
 Ukrainian: близький, споріднений |
 Urdu: مشابہ ، اس طرح کا |
 Vietnamese: hơi giống |
 Chinese: 同类的 |
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