kindred
noun
[ ˈkɪndrɪd ]
• one's family and relations.
Similar:
family,
relatives,
relations,
kin,
family members,
connections,
kith and kin,
one's own flesh and blood,
clan,
tribe,
house,
lineage,
folks,
people,
kinsfolk,
kinsmen/kinswomen,
kindred
adjective
• similar in kind; related.
• "books on kindred subjects"
Similar:
related,
allied,
connected,
closely connected/related,
comparable,
similar,
like,
alike,
parallel,
associated,
corresponding,
cognate,
analogous,
interconnected,
affiliated,
Origin:
Middle English: from kin + -red (from Old English rǣden ‘condition’), with insertion of -d- in the modern spelling through phonetic development (as in thunder ).
