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Definition of akin : 1. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
2. Of the same kin; related by blood; - used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.

Synonyms:

equivalent, connate, same, kin, blood-related, cognate, connatural, agnate, consanguineous, allied, equal, homogeneous, identical

fatherly, brotherly, relative, hereditary, paternal, maternal, familiar, motherly, fraternal, ancestral, sisterly

imitative, twin, alike, like, resembling, comparable, uniform, ersatz, such, semblance, similar, close

auxiliary, consanguine, dependent, analogous, concomitant, supplemental, kindred, ancillary, affiliated, correlative, relevant, associated, blood, adjunct, attendant, pertinent, germane, related, connected, coincident

Usage examples:

• Then they became conscious of his absurd figure, and the scene ended in laughter that was near akin to tears. - "Taken Alive", E. P. Roe.
• She is, it seems, very near akin to the King: Such mad doings there are every day among them! - "Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright", Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke.
• Tess had never before visited this part of the country, and yet she felt akin to the landscape. - "Tess of the d'Urbervilles A Pure Woman", Thomas Hardy.