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

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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