Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun kin

2 senses of kin

Sense 1
kin, kinsperson, family -- (a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family")
       => relative, relation -- (a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey")

Sense 2
kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe -- (group of people related by blood or marriage)
       => social group -- (people sharing some social relation)

Antonyms of adj kin

1 sense of kin

Sense 1
akin (predicate), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin (predicate) -- (related by blood)

INDIRECT (VIA related) -> unrelated -- (not connected by kinship)

Similarity of adj kin

1 sense of kin

Sense 1
akin (predicate), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin (predicate) -- (related by blood)
       => related (vs. unrelated) -- (connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage)

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