1
: related by blood : descended from a common ancestor or prototype
The dog and fox are closely akin.
2
: essentially similar, related, or compatible
His interests are akin to mine.
Examples of akin in a Sentence
The two languages are closely akin.
foxes are closely akin to dogs
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Paul Taylor, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
The presentation comes a day after Alibaba began presales for Singles Day, China's biggest shopping event of the year that's akin to Black Friday.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
Is this, as The Wall Street Journal recently described it, akin to if absurdist-existentialist philosopher Albert Camus had a TikTok, given his firm grasp of meaninglessness?
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
That’s key when worries have been high that a bubble may be forming in artificial-intelligence technology, with too much investment flowing in akin to the 2000 dot-com frenzy.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
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akin
adjective1
: related by blood
2
: essentially similar or related
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