Definition of kindred Kindred

/kɪˈndɹɪd/ - [kindrid] - kin•dred

We found 11 definitions of kindred from 6 different sources.

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What does kindred mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

kindred, kindredder, kindreddest

kindred - related by blood or marriage; "kindred clans"
  related connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage
kindred - similar in quality or character; "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector"
  akin
= synonym
= antonym
= related word

Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • kindred (Noun)
    A grouping of relatives.
  • kindred (Noun)
    A combination of extended family and religious group, of the Ásatrú religious order in America.
  • kindred (Adjective)
    Of the same nature.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • kindred (n.)
    Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.
  • kindred (n.)
    Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other.
  • kindred (a.)
    Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • kindred
    kin′dred, n. relationship by blood, less properly, by marriage: relatives: (pl., B.) families.—adj. related: congenial. [M. E. kinrede—A.S. cynn, kin, and the suffix -ræden, expressing mode or state.]

Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡

  • kindred
    From Eng. kin, meaning relation, and dread, meaning fear; fearful relations.

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  • kindred, noun, singular of kindreds.
  • kindred, adjective.

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