akin
/əˈkɪn
/adjective [predicative]
1Of similar character: something akin to gratitude overwhelmed her genius and madness are akin...
- The limestone pavement gives the island a character akin to the Burren with a similar flora.
- This gives it a unique character, more akin to a board game such as chess than to a normal card game.
- As Ray puts it, this is akin to the change and variation occurring among the characters in a story.
Synonyms
similar, related, close, near, corresponding, comparable, parallel, equivalent;
allied with, connected with, like;
alike, matching, analogous, cognate, of a piece
1.1Related by blood: my parents were akin, probably half cousins
Origin
Mid 16th century: contracted form of of kin.
Rhymes
- don't
- don't ask me!
- don't call us, we'll call you
- don't-care
- don't-careish
- don't-careishness
- don't-carish
- don't-carishness
- dontcha
- don'tcha
- don't change horses in midstream
- don't count your chickens before they're hatched
- don't give it another thought
- don't give up the (or your) day job
- don't hold your breath
- don't I know it!
- don't-know
- don't knowist
- don't look a gift horse in the mouth
- don't mention it
- don't (or I wouldn't) bet on it
- don't put all your eggs in one basket
- don't spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
- don't start (or don't you start)
- don't talk to me about ——