kindred

Meaning

Noun

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

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of the same nature, or of similar character.
2. (not-comparable) 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

🩸

caste

clannish

congener

congenial

connection

connections

consanguine

consanguineous

family

👪

homogeneity

homogeneous

household

interrelated

Translations

famille

👪

familia

👪

parent

similaire

συγγενικός

apparenté

gleichartig

affine

cognatio

συγγενής

analogue

tribu

simile

blutsverwandt

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).