KINDREDS Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

kindreds

noun

plural of kindred

as in families

a group of persons who come from the same ancestor the kingdom's royal kindred actually numbers in the thousands

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Three wildfires are burning in Spokane County, Washington, and thousands of families have been ordered to flee their homes overnight, as state officials warn of an incredibly dangerous situation and brace for what daylight may reveal.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
This allowed Amanda to collect data and better understand the scale and specific needs of local families before the summer.

— Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026

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Noun

At a convening in Santa Fe, tribes gathered to protest the Bureau of Indian Education, and among the protesters was John Rainer, a tribal leader from Taos Pueblo.

— Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
The deal is the latest example of environmental groups working with tribes in California and other parts of the West to restore and return property that was taken, often forcibly, as settlements grew in California in the 1700s and 1800s.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 July 2026

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Across the street, lawns were still green and houses were spared, as residents continued to run hoses or sprinklers to water their properties.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
A lot of Eastern European Jewish refugees arrived in France after the pogroms and worked as tailors and seamstresses for the couture houses.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026

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