Pity is akin to love.
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Akin
//ʌˈkɪn//
Synonyms for "akin" (100 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (30)
cognatecollateralcomparablecompatibleconcordantconformingcongenericcongenerouscongenialconnateconnaturalconnectedconsanguineconsanguineanconsonantconspecificcorrelativecorrespondingdistantly relatedempathetic
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Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Related words (50)
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Translations
52 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- близък adj (of the same kind; similar)
- имащ кръвно родство adj (of the same kin; related by blood)
- сроден adj (of the same kind; similar)
Catalan
1 entries- semblant adj (of the same kind; similar)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 与（……）相似 adj (of the same kind; similar)
Czech
4 entries- blízký adj (of the same kind; similar)
- podobný adj (of the same kind; similar)
- pokrevní adj (of the same kin; related by blood)
- příbuzný adj (of the same kin; related by blood)
Dutch
3 entries- gelijkaardig adj (of the same kind; similar)
- verwant adj (of the same kin; related by blood)
- verwant adj (of the same kind; similar)
Esperanto
2 entries- rilata adj (of the same kind; similar)
- simila adj (of the same kind; similar)
French
2 entries- analogue adj (of the same kind; similar)
- apparenté adj (of the same kin; related by blood)
German
3 entries- analog adj (of the same kind; similar)
- verwandt adj (of the same kin; related by blood)
- ähnlich adj (of the same kind; similar)
Hungarian
3 entries- analóg adj (of the same kind; similar)
- hasonló adj (of the same kind; similar)
- rokon adj (of the same kind; similar)
Italian
2 entries- affine adj (of the same kind; similar)
- consanguineo adj (of the same kin; related by blood)
Macedonian
1 entries- налик adj (of the same kind; similar)
Polish
3 entries- pokrewny adj (of the same kind; similar)
- spokrewniony adj (of the same kin; related by blood)
- zbliżony adj (of the same kind; similar)
Portuguese
2 entries- semelhante adj (of the same kin; related by blood)
- semelhante adj (of the same kind; similar)
Russian
3 entries- подо́бный adj (of the same kind; similar)
- ро́дственный adj (of the same kin; related by blood)
- сродни́ adj (of the same kind; similar)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- srȍdan adj (of the same kin; related by blood)
- srȍdan adj (of the same kind; similar)
Slovak
4 entries- podobný adj (of the same kind; similar)
- pokrvný adj (of the same kin; related by blood)
- príbuzný adj (of the same kin; related by blood)
- príbuzný adj (of the same kind; similar)
Spanish
4 entries- afín adj (of the same kind; similar)
- análogo adj (of the same kind; similar)
- consanguíneo adj (of the same kin; related by blood)
- emparentado adj (of the same kin; related by blood)
Ukrainian
2 entries- подібний adj (of the same kind; similar)
- споріднений adj (of the same kin; related by blood)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
This problem is akin to the one we had last year.
Source: tatoeba (56696)
A buffalo is akin to an ox.
Source: tatoeba (270892)
Freedom is akin to the rarified air of a mountain top. Weak men cannot bear one or the other.
Source: tatoeba (390053)
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