What does akin mean?
Definitions for akin
əˈkɪnakin
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word akin.
Princeton's WordNet
akin(p), kindredadjective
similar in quality or character
"a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector"
akin(p), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin(p)adjective
related by blood
Wiktionary
akinadjective
Of the same kin; related by blood.
akinadjective
Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
Etymology: Prefix a- + kin
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Akinadjective
Etymology: from a and kin.
I do not envy thee, dear Pamela; only I could wish, that, being thy sister in nature, I were not so far off akin in fortune. Philip Sidney, b. ii.
The cankered passion of envy is nothing akin to the silly envy of the ass. Roger L'Estrange, Fab. xxxviii.
Some limbs again in bulk or stature
Unlike, and not akin by nature,
In concert act, like modern friends,
Because one serves the other’s ends. Matthew Prior.He separates it from questions with which it may have been complicated, and distinguishes it from questions which may be akin to it. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind, p. i. c. 13.
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akin
Akin typically refers to something that is similar, related, or analogous in nature. It can describe things that bear resemblance or have similar characteristics, qualities, or properties. This term can be used to highlight similarities between people, concepts, objects or situations. In terms of familial relationship, akin refers to being of the same kin or family.
Webster Dictionary
Akinadjective
of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin
Akinadjective
allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind
Etymology: [Pref. a- (for of) + kin.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Akin
a-kin′, adj. of kin: related by blood: having the same properties. [Of and Kin.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
AKIN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Akin is ranked #4114 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Akin surname appeared 8,626 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Akin.
89.9% or 7,757 total occurrences were White.
2.9% or 256 total occurrences were Black.
2.9% or 250 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.9% or 170 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.1% or 99 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
1% or 94 total occurrences were Asian.
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Anagrams for akin »
Kian
kina
naik
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of akin in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of akin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of akin in a Sentence
The potential takeover of land and water rights ... is akin to what happened to landowners in the Owens Valley.
Akin to the ‘historic’ airlift from Afghanistan. The Biden admin’s ‘historic’ events are unprecedented in their terribleness.
It's a dumb short. It's more akin to a value stock.
To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.
It's akin to the fact that there are now three Jewish justices on the Supreme Court whereas decades ago, people would have said there's one Jewish seat on the Supreme Court, thankfully, Jews and Judaism are much more accepted as part of American society today than decades ago, where a Jew reaching high levels of leadership is accepted.
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- близък, сроденBulgarian
- semblantCatalan, Valencian
- příbuznýCzech
- beslægtetDanish
- verwandtGerman
- relataEsperanto
- emparentado, semejanteSpanish
- kaltainenFinnish
- apparenté, analogueFrench
- samaIndonesian
- consanguineoItalian
- 同族のJapanese
- 비슷하다Korean
- cognataLatin
- verwantDutch
- beslektetNorwegian
- spokrewnionyPolish
- semelhantePortuguese
- сродни, родственный, подобныйRussian
- srȍdanSerbo-Croatian
- besläktadSwedish
- benzeyenTurkish
- подібний, спорідненийUkrainian
- giống nhưVietnamese
- 類似的Chinese
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