Usually means: Similar or related in nature.
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  1. akin: Merriam-Webster.com
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  3. akin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  13. akin: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. akin: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Akin (disambiguation), Akin (given name), Akin (surname), Akin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Akin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. akin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  20. akin: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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  1. akin: Legal dictionary

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  1. akin: Encyclopedia

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  1. AKIN: Acronym Finder

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  1. Akin: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Akin)

▸ adjective:  (of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.
▸ adjective:  (often followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
kindred, consanguine, cognate, consanguineous, kin, similar, related, blood-related, consanguined, brethren, more...

Opposite:
dissimilar, unlike, different

Types:
blood, flesh, bone, marrow, cartilage, skin, hair, nail, tendon, ligament, more...

Phrases:
Todd Akin, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Akin Gazi, Jimmy Akin, Akin Omotoso, more...

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     cream,     ivory,     sand, more...


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Similar:
kindred, consanguine, cognate, consanguineous, kin, similar, related, blood-related, consanguined, brethren, more...

Opposite:
dissimilar, unlike, different

Types:
blood, flesh, bone, marrow, cartilage, skin, hair, nail, tendon, ligament, more...

Phrases:
Todd Akin, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Akin Gazi, Jimmy Akin, Akin Omotoso, Fatih Akin, Akin Famewo, Ang sa Iyo Ay Akin, Susan Akin, Philip Akin, akin to, nickname akin to xander, nickname akin to tricia, more...

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     cream,     ivory,     sand, more...



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