Kin synonyms

kĭn

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family (related)
(Countable) A father, mother and their sons and daughters; also called nuclear family.
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relative (related)
A person who is akin to another by virtue of blood; that is a blood relation, such as sister, brother, aunt, uncle, parent, child, and so on.
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blood-relatives
Plural form of blood relative
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affines (related)
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kinfolk
(US, also in plural) Relatives, relations.
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cognate
Related in origin, as certain words in genetically related languages descended from the same ancestral root; for example, English name and Latin nōmen from Indo-European *nō̆-men-.
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relatives
Plural form of relative
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sibling
A person who shares same parents. One's brother or sister.
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kinsman
A man sharing the same racial, cultural, or national background as another.
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kinswoman
A woman sharing the same racial, cultural, or national background as another.
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flesh
The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate, covering the bones and consisting mainly of skeletal muscle and fat:
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kindred
A group of related persons, as a clan or tribe.
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relations
Plural form of relation
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sib
Kindred; kin; kinsmen; a body of persons related by blood in any degree.
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tribe
(Stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.
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relation
Relation is the connection between people and things, or the way in which two or more different groups feel about each other or someone who is part of your family as a result of blood or marriage.
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kin (related)
Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
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akin
Of the same kin; related by blood.
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blood-related
related by blood
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consanguine
Related by birth or "by blood," i.e. having close ancestors in common.
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consanguineous
Of the same lineage or origin; having a common ancestor.
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kin group
group of people related by blood or marriage
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kinship group
group of people related by blood or marriage
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clan
(Informal) family
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kinsperson
A kinsman or kinswoman.
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kinsfolk (related)
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aunt
An affectionate term for a woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
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blood
Parental heritage; family line; lineage
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connection
The relation between things that depend on, involve, or follow each other; causal relationship
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folk
Folk means people in general, or a specific group of people.
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kinsmen
Plural form of kinsman
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race
(Biology) A usually geographically isolated population of organisms that differs from other populations of the same species in certain heritable traits:
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related
One's relatives collectively
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relationship
The definition of a relationship is a connection between two people or things.
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  • Are you kin to Josh?

  • If I have not cleaved your head, 'tis because I took an oath to kin to spare you.

  • I was just going to call you for a next of kin name.

  • A priestly kin owned perhaps the spot haunted by the god, and so became holy.

  • We're next of kin.

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