KIN

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does kin mean? 

• KIN (noun)
  The noun KIN has 2 senses:

1. a person having kinship with another or others
2. group of people related by blood or marriage

  Familiarity information: KIN used as a noun is rare.

• KIN (adjective)
  The adjective KIN has 1 sense:

1. related by blood

  Familiarity information: KIN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KIN (noun)

Meaning:

A person having kinship with another or others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

kinsperson; kin; family

Context examples:

he's kin / he's family

Hypernyms ("kin" is a kind of...):

relation; relative (a person related by blood or marriage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kin"):

affine ((anthropology) kin by marriage)

Meaning:

Group of people related by blood or marriage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

clan; kin group; kindred; kinship group; kin; tribe

Hypernyms ("kin" is a kind of...):

social group (people sharing some social relation)

Meronyms (members of "kin"):

relation; relative (a person related by blood or marriage)

clan member; clansman; clanswoman (a member of a clan)

tribesman (someone who lives in a tribe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kin"):

mishpachah; mishpocha ((Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends))

family; family unit (primary social group; parents and children)

folks (your parents)

family tree; genealogy (successive generations of kin)

totem (a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object)

Tribes of Israel; Twelve Tribes of Israel (twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob)

• KIN (adjective)

Meaning:

Related by blood

Synonyms:

blood-related; consanguine; consanguineal; consanguineous; kin; akin; cognate

Similar:

related (connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage)