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  Grep  of  noun  akin 
  akinesia 
  akinesis 
  akinetic  epilepsy 
  makin 
  manakin 
  takin 
  tarawa-makin 
 
  Overview  of  adj  akin 
 
  The  adj  akin  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  akin,  kindred,  related  --  (similar  or  related  in  quality  or  character;  "a  feeling  akin  to  terror";  "kindred  souls";  "the  amateur  is  closely  related  to  the  collector") 
  2.  akin,  blood-related,  cognate,  consanguine,  consanguineous,  kin  --  (related  by  blood) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  akin 
 
  2  senses  of  akin 
 
  Sense  1 
  akin(prenominal),  kindred,  related 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  similar)  ->  dissimilar 
 
  Sense  2 
  akin(prenominal),  blood-related,  cognate,  consanguine,  consanguineous,  kin(prenominal) 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  related)  ->  unrelated 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  akin 
 
  2  senses  of  akin 
 
  Sense  1 
  akin(prenominal),  kindred,  related 
  =>  similar  (vs.  dissimilar) 
 
  Sense  2 
  akin(prenominal),  blood-related,  cognate,  consanguine,  consanguineous,  kin(prenominal) 
  =>  related  (vs.  unrelated) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  akin 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  akin 
 
  akin  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  akin 
  akin 
 
  Overview  of  adj  akin 
 
  The  adj  akin  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  akin,  kindred,  related  --  (similar  or  related  in  quality  or  character;  "a  feeling  akin  to  terror";  "kindred  souls";  "the  amateur  is  closely  related  to  the  collector") 
  2.  akin,  blood-related,  cognate,  consanguine,  consanguineous,  kin  --  (related  by  blood) 



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