kindred

The definition of kindred is used to describe people or things that are similar or related to each other.

(adjective)

Two people who have a lot in common and who share a lot of interests are an example of people who would be described as kindred spirits.

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See kindred in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. Archaic kinship
  2. family or relatives; kin; kinfolk

Origin: with intrusive -d- < ME kinreden < OE cynn, kin + ræden, state, condition, akin to rædan, read

adjective

  1. Archaic related by birth or common origin
  2. of like nature; similar: kindred spirits

See kindred in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A group of related persons, as a clan or tribe.
  2. (used with a pl. verb) A person's relatives; kinfolk.
adjective
  1. Of the same ancestry or family: kindred clans.
  2. Having a similar or related origin, nature, or character: kindred emotions.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English kinrede, kindrede

Origin: , from Late Old English cynrēde

Origin: : cyn, kin; see genə- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + -rēde, condition (from Old English rǣden, -rǣden, condition; see ar- in Indo-European roots)

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Related Forms:

  • kinˈdred·ness noun

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