kinship

kin·ship

noun \ˈkin-ˌship\

Definition of KINSHIP

: the quality or state of being kin : relationship

Examples of KINSHIP

1. He feels a strong kinship with other survivors of the war.
2. feelings of kinship between the team's players and their fans

First Known Use of KINSHIP

1833

Related to KINSHIP

Synonyms: affinity, association, bearing, connection, liaison, linkage, relation, relationship

Related Words: correlation, interrelation; materiality, pertinence, relevance; bond, link, tie; affiliation, alliance, union; identicalness, sameness; alikeness, community, likeness, resemblance, similarity; accordance, agreement, conformity, congruity, correspondence

Near Antonyms: variability, variance; incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness

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Other Anthropology Terms

ectomorph, ethnography, prehistory, yurt

Rhymes with KINSHIP

airship, airstrip, atrip, backflip, blue-chip, call slip, catnip, chiefship, cleft lip, clerkship, corn chip, courtship, cowslip, deanship, death grip, drag strip, dress ship, ear clip, equip, felt-tip, fieldstrip, field trip, filmstrip, fireship, flagship, foul tip, friendship, frostnip, guildship, guilt-trip, gunship, half-slip, handgrip, hardship, harelip, headship, horsewhip, inclip, judgeship, jump ship, kingship, landslip, let rip, lightship, longship, lordship, Mendip, nonslip, outstrip, oxlip, palship, pink slip, pip-pip, princeship, Q-ship, queenship, roach clip, road trip, rose hip, round-trip, saintship, sales slip, sea whip, sideslip, spaceship, starship, steamship, storeship, strike-slip, take ship, tall ship, thaneship, township, transship, troopship, unship, unzip, V-chip, wardship, warship, white chip, wing tip