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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024kin•dred /ˈkɪndrɪd/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Anthropologya person's relatives thought of as a group;
kin;
kinfolk. - Sociologyrelationship by birth or descent;
kinship.
adj. - closely similar:kindred spirits.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024kin•dred (kin′drid),USA pronunciation n. - Anthropology, Sociologya person's relatives collectively;
kinfolk;
kin. - Sociologya group of persons related to another;
family, tribe, or race. - Sociologyrelationship by birth or descent, or sometimes by marriage;
kinship. - natural relationship;
affinity.
adj. - associated by origin, nature, qualities, etc.:kindred languages.
- having the same belief, attitude, or feeling:We are kindred spirits on the issue of gun control.
- Sociologyrelated by birth or descent;
having kinship:kindred tribes. - Sociologybelonging to kin or relatives:kindred blood.
- Middle English, variant (with epenthetic d) of kinrede. See kin, -red 1125–75
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