Synonyms 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.

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

   Antonyms:
   different, dissimilar, distinct, heterogeneous, unlike

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

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1. akin

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

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

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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:
   kin, related, allied, kindred, cognate, congenial, homogeneous, analogous, similar, parallel, of a piece

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1. akinadjective

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "akin":

   akim, similar, apparent

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1. List of known nicknames for "Akin":

   Akin Yai

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1. Naveen Patnaik:

   When he speaks his words are akin to pearls strung on a silken thread....when he should speak it s like lustre shed by a ruby...when he does speak it s like crystal splash that cleaves the blue....

2. Ramezan Sharif:

   The publication of such false news under the present circumstances is akin to psychological warfare.

3. Senator Burr:

   There's one thing that I can tell you about this : It is much more aggressive in its transmission than anything that we have seen in recent history, it is probably more akin to the 1918 pandemic.

4. David Frost:

   What we are seeing here is akin to taking a sledgehammer to kill a mosquito.

5. Rex Tillerson:

   Building islands and then putting military assets on those islands is akin to Russia's taking of Crimea. It's taking of territory that others lay claim to.