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The Meaning of kin

  • () A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
  • (n.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.
  • (n.) Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
  • (n.) Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
  • (a.) Of the same nature or kind; kinder.

Synonyms

kinsperson , family , kin group , kinship group , kindred , clan , tribe , akin , blood-related , cognate , consanguine , consanguineous , consanguineal

Homophones

kinn , kinne , qin

Rhymes

adin , akin , allin , allphin , alpin , amylin , askin , aslin , astin , aswin , atkin , bedouin , been , begin , bergin , berlin , bihn , bin , binn , blinn , boleyn , bongjin , brin , brinn , bryn , buckskin , bushkin , chagrin , chang-hsin , chin , chinh , chinn , dechine , deerskin , din , eldwin , elkin , emlyn , ervin , erwin , fin , finn , finne , flinn , flynn , foreskin , gin , ginn , glavine , glyn , glynn , grin , gwin , gwinn , gwyn , gwynn , gwynne , gyn , hamelin , has-been , herein , hinn , in , inn , itkin , jin , jocelin , joceline , jocelyn , jocelyne , kamin , katyn , kaylynn , kingpin , kinn , kinne , knin , kyoung-min , levin , ligne , lin , linchpin , linh , linn , linne , lwin , lyn , lynn , mandolin , mcginn , mcguinn , mclin , mclinn , mcminn , mcquinn , mihn , min , minh , pigskin , pin , pinn , prynne , puffin , qian , qin , quin , quinn , redskin , rinn , rinne , schwinn , sheepskin , shin , shinn , sin , sinn , skin , solzhenitsyn , spin , syn , tailspin , therein , thin , tin , trinh , twin , underpin , underspin , verduin , vin , violin , when , wherein , win , winn , winne , within , wynn , wynne , yalin , yan-bin , yin