AKIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does akin mean? 

• AKIN (adjective)
  The adjective AKIN has 2 senses:

1. similar in quality or character

2. related by blood

  Familiarity information: AKIN used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AKIN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Similar in quality or character

Synonyms:

akin; kindred

Context example:

the amateur is closely related to the collector

Similar:

similar (marked by correspondence or resemblance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Related by blood

Synonyms:

akin; blood-related; cognate; consanguine; consanguineal; consanguineous; kin

Similar:

related (connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage)

 Context examples 

A feeling of repulsion, and of something akin to fear had begun to rise within me at the strange antics of this fleshless man.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He looked, and was aware of a great yearning, akin in sensation to physical hunger.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

His expression grew very grave as he spoke, and a look of something akin to fear sprang up in his eyes.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The process is akin to determining the unknown weight of an object by adding or subtracting known weights to a balance scale until the two sides balance.

("Russian Doll" Galaxy Clusters Reveal Information About Dark Energy, NASA)

Farmers should be manipulating the growing conditions in such a way that microbial transmission is more akin to what would happen naturally, Koskella believes.

(How do you cultivate a healthy plant microbiome?, National Science Foundation)

An algorithm akin to the annoyingly helpful one that attempts to auto-complete text messages and emails is now being harnessed for a better cause.

(Microbes are at work in our bodies, and researchers have figured out what they're up to, National Science Foundation)

The new study suggests that elevation is important because Titan's liquid bodies appear to be connected under the surface in something akin to an aquifer system at Earth.

(Cassini Finds Saturn Moon Has 'Sea Level' Like Earth, NASA)

He was aware of a sadness akin to that with which one leaves home and family.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Something suspiciously akin to moistness dimmed her beautiful eyes before she dropped them and partly turned away her head.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Curiosity, earnest research to learn the hidden laws of nature, gladness akin to rapture, as they were unfolded to me, are among the earliest sensations I can remember.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)