kindred

Meaning

Noun

1. Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
2. People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.
3. A grouping of relatives.
4. Blood relationship.
5. Affinity, likeness.
6. One who is kindred, literally or figuratively; a kin, kinsman.
7. A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry or Ásatrú.

Adj

1. Of the same nature, or of similar character.
2. Connected, related, cognate, akin.

Synonyms

relatives

relative

kinsfolk

kin

kinfolk

related

relations

akin

cognate

relation

kinship

relationship

clan

tribe

kin group

similar

consanguinity

affinity

kinship group

allied

cognation

pedigree

people

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relate

relatedness

relational

blood-related

kinsperson

of the same kind

relatives and friends

consanguineal

cognate with

Homog

propinquity

alike

ancestry

blood

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caste

clannish

congener

congenial

connection

connections

consanguine

consanguineous

family

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homogeneity

homogeneous

household

interrelated

iso

kinsman

kinsmen

lineage

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɪndɹɪd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: kyndrede

Inherited from Old English: cynrēd

In summary

From Middle English kyndrede, from older kynrede (“kindred”), from Old English cynrēd, cynrǣden (“kindred, family, stock”), from cynn (“kind, kin, lineage”) + -rǣden (“condition, state”). Equivalent to kin + -red, see these. The -d- is epenthetic between a nasal and a liquid (as e.g. in spindle).