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kin
1[ kin ]
noun
- a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- family relationship or kinship.
- a group of persons descended from a common ancestor or constituting a people, clan, tribe, or family.
- a relative or kinsman.
- someone or something of the same or similar kind:
philosophy and its kin, theology.
-kin
2- a diminutive suffix of nouns:
lambkin.
-kin
1suffix forming nouns
- small
lambkin
kin
2/ kɪn /
noun
- a person's relatives collectively; kindred
- a class or group with similar characteristics
- See next of kin
adjective
- postpositive related by blood
- a less common word for akin
Other Words From
- kinless adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of kin1
Origin of kin2
Word History and Origins
Origin of kin1
Origin of kin2
Idioms and Phrases
Although their surnames are identical they are not of kin.
More idioms and phrases containing kin
see kith and kin .Example Sentences
County Medical Examiner’s Office said information about the case remained limited because “legal next of kin have not been notified.”
Ms Knight said "we don't currently have a next of kin or family."
Officers are trying to identify the person and notify their next of kin.
It was believed that if one killed a crane, its kith and kin would flock to the killer's home, hold vigil and mourn by collectively honking until the person went mad or even died.
Prof Weindling and his colleagues have been connecting microscope samples with patient records, and contacting the next of kin.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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