kindred

Speech parts

1. kindred - Noun

2. kindred - Adjective

3. kindred - Adjective Satellite

4. Kindred - Proper noun

Meaning

Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.

Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other.

Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

kin akin relatives allied like family similar related blood parallel comparable analogous alike clan like-minded
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Antonyms

unlike other different diverse controversial competitive
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Hypernyms

social group

Hyponyms

family genealogy folks totem family tree family unit

Phrases with the word

not kindred kindred ship

Examples

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him. Abraham Lincoln

Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else, Like kindred drops, been mingled into one. William Cowper

Type of the wise who soar but never roam, True to the kindred points of heaven and home. William Wordsworth

Kindred without friends, friends without power, power without will, will without effect, effect without profit, profit without virtue, is not worth a rush. French Proverb

Trade knows neither friends or kindred. French Proverb

All claim kindred with the prosperous. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

kindo kindom Kindon kindred ship kindred soul kindred spirit