kin

¹kin

noun \ˈkin\

Definition of KIN

1

: a group of persons of common ancestry : clan

2

a : one's relatives : kindred

b : kinsman <he wasn't any kin to you — Jean Stafford>

3

archaic : kinship

Examples of KIN

1. They are her distant kin.
2. <invited all of his kith and kin to his graduation party>

Origin of KIN

Middle English, from Old English cynn; akin to Old High German chunni race, Latin genus birth, race, kind, Greek genos, Latin gignere to beget, Greek gignesthai to be born

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to KIN

Synonyms

blood, clan, folks, house, family, kindred, kinfolk (or kinfolks), kinsfolk, line, lineage, people, race, stock, tribe

Antonyms

nonrelative

Related Words

blended family, nuclear family; extended family, household, kith; brood; descendant (also descendent), issue, offspring, progeny, scion, seed; clansman, kinsman, kinswoman, relative; dynasty

Near Antonyms

ancestry, birth, descent, extraction, origin, pedigree

Other Anthropology Terms

ectomorph, ethnography, prehistory, yurt

Rhymes with KIN

bin, blin, chin, din, fin, Finn, Fyn, gin, grin, Gwyn, hin, in, inn, linn, Lynn, pin, shin, Shin, sin, skin, spin, thin, tin, twin, whin, win, wynn, yin, zin

²kin

adjective

Definition of KIN

: kindred, related

First Known Use of KIN

1597

Other Anthropology Terms

ectomorph, ethnography, prehistory, yurt