akin Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite similar in quality or character
    kindred.
    • a feeling akin to terror
    • kindred souls
    • the amateur is closely related to the collector
  2. adjective satellite related by blood
    cognate; blood-related; consanguine; kin; consanguineal; consanguineous.

WordNet

A*kin" adjective
Etymology
Pref. a- (for of) + kin.
Definitions
  1. Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.
  2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. "A joy akin to rapture." Cowper.
    The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character. Jeffrey.
    ✍ This adjective is used only after the noun.

Webster 1913