Antonyms for akin

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-kin

Phonetic Transcription : əˈkɪn

Definition of akin

Origin : 1550s, from phrase of kin; see kin.

adj related or connected

Example sentences :

But the time had passed when my affections and those of my master were akin.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan

And do you consider truth to be akin to proportion or to disproportion?
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

Or that his nature, being such as we have delineated, is akin to the highest good?
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

All of them are akin to speech, and therefore, like speech, admit of true and false.
Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato

And this science is akin to knowledge rather than to action.
Extract from : « Statesman » by Plato

They are akin to what may be termed the underground religion in all ages and countries.
Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato

And one class of harmonies is akin to courage and all virtue, the other to cowardice and all vice.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

It was enough to inform Aline that Mme. de Plougastel's errand must be akin to her own.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

Master and pupil were akin in their unwearied devotion to art.
Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting

It became evident that her capacity is akin to that of the magician's bag.
Extract from : « Afloat on the Ohio » by Reuben Gold Thwaites

Synonyms for akin

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