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–adjective
1.of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively): cousins who were too closely akin for marriage.
2.allied by nature; having the same properties: Something akin to vertigo was troubling her.
3.having or showing an affinity; kindred: They are emotionally but not intellectually akin.
[Origin: 1580–90; see a-2, kin]

—Synonyms 2. cognate; similar, analogous, comparable, parallel.
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a·kin    Audio Help   (ə-kĭn')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of the same kin; related by blood.
  2. Having a similar quality or character; analogous.
  3. Linguistics Sharing a common origin or an ancestral form.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
akin 
1558, from phrase of kin.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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akin

adjective
1. similar in quality or character; "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector" 
2. related by blood 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
akin [əˈkin] adjective
(often with to) similar in nature
Example: This problem is akin to the one we had last year.
Arabic: مُتَشَابِه، مُتَجَانِس
Chinese (Simplified): 同类的
Chinese (Traditional): 同類的
Czech: příbuzný, podobný
Danish: beslægtet
Dutch: verwant
Estonian: sarnane
Finnish: jonkin kaltainen
French: apparenté (à)
German: verwandt, vergleichbar
Greek: συναφής, σχετικός
Hungarian: rokon vmivel
Icelandic: keimlíkur
Indonesian: serupa
Italian: simile
Japanese: 同種の
Korean: 유사한, 혈족의
Latvian: radniecīgs; līdzīgs
Lithuanian: toks pat kaip, panašus, artimas
Norwegian: beslektet, lik
Polish: pokrewny, bliski
Portuguese (Brazil): análogo
Portuguese (Portugal): parecido
Romanian: înrudit, *asemănător cu
Russian: похожий, сродни
Slovak: príbuzný, podobný (čomu)
Slovenian: soroden
Spanish: parecido, semejante, análogo
Swedish: besläktad med, liknande
Turkish: benzer
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Akin

A*kin"\, a. [Pref. a- (for of) + kin.]

1. Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.

2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. "A joy akin to rapture." --Cowper.

The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character. --Jeffrey.

Note: This adjective is used only after the noun.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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