Antonyms for akin
əˈkɪnakin

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1. akin

   Alike is a comprehensive word, signifying as applied to two or more objects that some or all qualities of one are the same as those of the other or others; by modifiers alike may be made to express more or less resemblance; as, these houses are somewhat (i. e., partially) alike; or, these houses are exactly (i. e., in all respects) alike. Cotton and wool are alike in this, that they can both be woven into cloth. Substances are homogeneous which are made up of elements of the same kind, or which are the same in structure. Two pieces of iron may be homogeneous in material, while not alike in size or shape. In geometry, two triangles are equal when they can be laid over one another, and fit, line for line and angle for angle; they are equivalent when they simply contain the same amount of space. An identical proposition is one that says the same thing precisely in subject and predicate. Similar refers to close resemblance, which yet leaves room for question or denial of complete likeness or identity. To say "this is the identical man," is to say not merely that he is similar to the one I have in mind, but that he is the very same person. Things are analogous when they are similar in idea, plan, use, or character, tho perhaps quite unlike in appearance; as, the gills of fishes are said to be analogous to the lungs in terrestrial animals.

   Antonyms:
   different, dissimilar, distinct, heterogeneous, unlike

   Synonyms:
   alike, analogous, equal, equivalent, homogeneous, identical, kindred, like, resembling, same, similar, uniform

   Preposition:
   The specimens are alike in kind; they are all alike to me.

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1. akin

   Antonyms:
   unrelated, unconnected, foreign, alien, heterogeneous, uncongenial, hostile, unallied, antagonistic, unsympathetic, dissimilar

   Synonyms:
   related, agnate, cognate, homogeneous, similar, consanguineous, congenial, allied, sympathetic

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1. akin(p), kindredadjective

   similar in quality or character

   "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector"

   Antonyms:
   dissimilar, unrelated

2. akin(p), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin(p)adjective

   related by blood

   Antonyms:
   unrelated, dissimilar

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1. akinadjective

   Synonyms:
   (Used after the noun) consanguineous, kindred, cognate, agnate, related, congenial

How to use akin in a sentence?

1. Soren Aandahl:

   Hanergy's recent announcements about its contract and profits are akin to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, hanergy has shown little ability to attract customers who were not also named Hanergy.

2. David Duchovny:

   He's a guy, at the age that he is, without a job, he's gone through [what's akin to] a divorce, or at least a separation. It doesn't have to do with the nonfulfillment of the [2012 alien] prophecy. I think he's got more human things that are depressing him. And I'm not agreeing that he may be depressed. I think that's a false diagnosis.

3. Anna Lembke:

   With repeated exposure over time, we essentially enter a chronic dopamine deficit state, which is akin to clinical depression.

4. Adrian Luckman of Swansea University:

   With a thickness to length ratio akin to five sheets of A4, I am astonished that the ocean waves havent already made ice cubes out of A68.

5. John Brennan:

   Tell the families of those 117 CIA officers who are forever memorialized on our wall of honor that their loved ones who gave their lives were akin to Nazis, tell the CIA officers who are serving in harm’s way right now and their families who are worried about them that they are akin to Nazi Germany. I found that to be very repugnant, and I will forever stand up for the integrity and patriotism of my officers who have done much over the years to sacrifice for their fellow citizens.

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