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- DictionaryKin/kin/
noun
- 1. one's family and relations: "he is expected to make a payment to his wife's kin"
adjective
- 1. related: "he was kin to the brothers"
The meaning of KIN is a group of persons of common ancestry : clan. How to use kin in a sentence.
family relationship or kinship. a group of persons descended from a common ancestor or constituting a people, clan, tribe, or family. a relative or kinsman. someone or something of the same or similar kind: philosophy and its kin, theology.
noun [ plural ] uk / kɪn / us / kɪn /. Add to word list. old-fashioned. family and relations. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. your relatives. relative All my relatives gather every year for a family reunion. extended family He has a very large extended family.
When someone refers to their kith and kin, she means her friends and family. Both words date back to Old English, with kin reaching back to the 700s. Originally referring to one’s family or race, kin narrowed to refer just to one’s blood relations.
1. all of a person's relatives; kindred. 2. a relative or kinsman. 3. a group of persons tracing or claiming descent from a common ancestor, or constituting a family, clan, tribe, or race. 4. someone or something of the same or similar kind.
noun. 1. a person's relatives collectively; kindred. 2. a class or group with similar characteristics. 3. See next of kin. adjective. 4. (postpositive)
kĭn. One's family; relatives; kinfolk; kindred. A relative or family member. Organisms that are genetically related to another or others. Cauliflower and its kin. A relation, typically by blood; sometimes used to refer to relations by marriage or adoption.
KIN definition: the members of your family. Learn more.
Definition of kin noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Synonyms for KIN: family, tribe, clan, house, folks, people, lineage, descendant; Antonyms of KIN: origin, birth, extraction, descent, ancestry, pedigree, nonrelative, various.
