Kindred

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A group of related persons, as a clan or tribe.
  • n. A person's relatives; kinfolk.
  • adj. Of the same ancestry or family: kindred clans.
  • adj. Having a similar or related origin, nature, or character: kindred emotions.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Distant and close relatives, collectively.
  • n. Peoples of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.
  • n. A grouping of relatives.
  • n. A combination of extended family and religious group, of the Ásatrú religious order in America.
  • adj. Of the same nature.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.
  • n. Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other.
  • adj. Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Relationship by birth, marriage, or descent; consanguinity; kinship; affinity.
  • n. Community in kind; intrinsic relationship or connection.
  • n. In a plural sense, relatives by blood or descent, or, by extension, by marriage; a body of persons related to one another; relatives; kin.
  • n. A tribe; a body of persons connected by a family or tribal bond: with a plural form.
  • Having kinship; allied by blood or descent; related as kin.
  • Pertaining to kinship; of related origin or character; hence, native; pertaining to nativity : as, to live under kindred skies.
  • Hence Congenial; allied; of like nature, qualities, etc.: as, kindred souls; kindred pursuits.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. related by blood or marriage
  • n. group of people related by blood or marriage
  • adj. similar in quality or character
  • Equivalent
    related    similar   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    relationship    kinsmen    relations    kin    kinsfolk    relatives    affinity    consanguinity    related    congenial   
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