Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: kindred
IPA transcription: [k'ɪndɹɪd]
Pronunciations of kindred
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: akin(p), kindred
    Meaning: similar in quality or character; "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: kin, kin_group, kinship_group, kindred, clan, tribe
    Meaning: group of people related by blood or marriage
Usage examples
  • I have kindred in Salerno, of rich estate.
  • Friendship is the bond between a pair of kindred souls, united in their strength, and yet independent.
  • Not a kindred spirit, of course; but still I like him and I'm awfully sorry I ever criticized his prayers.
  • He was never married, and had no near kindred but ourselves and one other person, not more closely related than we.
  • These with Alison, Katherine and Joan, made up the seven "Kindred Spirits," an informal little club of loyal friends.
  • Now the squire made no long stay at his lodging, but as soon as he might, went to the damsel's kindred to open out his mind.
  • One final happiness that does not always crown a mother's efforts was hers--her son worshiped her; and between these two there was the deep sympathy of kindred souls.
  • The hooker was primitive, just like the praam and the canoe; was kindred to the praam in stability, and to the canoe in swiftness; and, like all vessels born of the instinct of the pirate and fisherman, it had remarkable sea qualities: it was equally well suited to landlocked and to open waters.
  • He was also a candidate for Parliament, it seemed, and as there was only one seat in this particular locality, it was obvious that the success of either Robert or Sir John would mean a check to the ambitions of the other, hence, no doubt, the rivalry and enmity between these otherwise kindred souls.
  • Haseman's primary object was to study the characteristics and distribution of South American fishes, but as a matter of fact he studied at first hand many other more or less kindred subjects, as may be seen in his remarks on the Indians and in his excellent pamphlet on "Some Factors of Geographical Distribution in South America."
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Kindred (novel), License CC BY-SA 4.0