1
as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
invited all of his kith and kin to his graduation party
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as in cousin
a person connected with another by blood or marriage
since she did not appear to be kin to either side, we've no idea what she was doing at the wedding
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Recent Examples of kin
Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Bennett’s musings have an ethical component: if a nuisance tree, or a dead tree, or a dead rat is my kin, then everything is kin—even a piece of trash.
—Morgan Meis, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
Talk of a coming blizzard starts in the cold open; Jacob loads Zane and his kin into the wagon anyway.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Chickens also retain a smidge of the predatory instinct that made their kin such formidable hunters.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Bennett’s musings have an ethical component: if a nuisance tree, or a dead tree, or a dead rat is my kin, then everything is kin—even a piece of trash.
—Morgan Meis, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
Adjective
And last year, their beloved botanical haircare assortment spawned some equally outstanding skincare kin.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
Talk of a coming blizzard starts in the cold open; Jacob loads Zane and his kin into the wagon anyway.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kin
Noun
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In February, officials did not respond to The Enquirer’s questions about a family who said the hospital wouldn’t put their 12-year-old daughter on its heart transplant waiting list because of her vaccination status.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
25 July 2025
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Twin Pines history The Janssen family said that Twin Pines started after World War II, and its first deliveries were made by horse and buggy.—
Emma George-Griffin,
Freep.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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For the trucker who’s wiring part of his paycheck to his parents in Mexico, the nurse who’s supporting her siblings in Nigeria, or the Afghan interpreter who’s helping his cousins resettle, the tax is a penalty on one of the purest expressions of human freedom: ...—
Brayden Myers,
National Review,
18 July 2025
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The investigation led by the FBI revealed that Brillante was also sending similar threatening messages to another cousin and her husband in Texas.—
Jay Weaver
July 17,
Miami Herald,
17 July 2025
Adjective
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And another thing that was really important to me with the character was they needed to feel like there was some kind of kindred energy between Walker and Ellie.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Welch had been a fixture among the best minds of the Beat generation—a friend of Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and Gary Snyder, a kindred California spirit whose writing never achieved the same profile.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
27 June 2025
Noun
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The latest escalation began with members of a Bedouin tribe in Sweida setting up a checkpoint and attacking and robbing a Druze man, which triggered tit-for-tat attacks and kidnappings.—
Ghaith Alsayed,
Chicago Tribune,
18 July 2025
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Some Native American tribes allied with Britain, while others sided with France.—
Aurora Martínez,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 July 2025
Noun
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Check on relatives and neighbors, especially the elderly and those without access to air conditioning.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
23 July 2025
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Ancestors and descendants dance at the perimeter of Harjo’s poems, and her definition of relative is wide enough to hold every living thing—panthers, raccoons, tobacco plants.—
The Atlantic Culture Desk,
The Atlantic,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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As has been its wont for many years now, over its three days the festival offers a lineup that mixes folk and roots (however understood) and non-folk artists.—
Stuart Munro,
BostonGlobe.com,
19 July 2022
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The songwriter in question is Phoebe Kreutz, darling of the New York City anti-folk movement of the early ‘00s.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
8 July 2022
Noun
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The two clans clash, and one Na’vi is taken out with a flaming arrow.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
21 July 2025
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Among the families taking on the challenge is the Hanna/Riggs clan from Texas, comprised of married couple Jason Hanna and Joe Riggs and their 10-year-old twin sons.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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Of the five Democrats who may seek the nomination, McMorrow, Stevens and El-Sayed are most likely to have success raising money on a national basis.—
M.L. Elrick,
Freep.com,
23 July 2025
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Vincent joins Kroger after most recently serving as partner at a national law firm with more than 90 law practices that offers comprehensive legal counsel, including intellectual property, corporate regulations, and financial law services.—
Alexander Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
23 July 2025
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“Kin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kin. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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