akin to
72
3.9
- idiom
- /əˈkɪn tu/
:
similar a
- Have you ever felt guilt about that, something akin to survivor's guilt?
- more akin to
- somewhat akin to
- closely akin to
So hormones are kind of akin to biochemical emails.
- So hormones are kind of akin to biochemical emails.
- So if I insult your God, then it's akin to insulting you.
- Do states have anything akin to up and down?
- There are things that are more akin to human thinking.
- It's probably more akin to venison or antelope wild game.
- But that is an alignment of planets akin to a total solar eclipse.
- I mean, I want to be honest, which I think is akin to being objective.
- Plants do not have nervous system, but they have something akin to a nervous system.
- Thus it was an adjunct military art, a peacetime discipline akin to fencing and equestrianism.
- And he's talked about how, you know, even just mild sleep deprivation can be akin to alcohol intoxication.
- But there is a fascination with that that I think is it's akin to what people do with the fairy tales.
- He does things akin to Legos.
Examples
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I look at Bitcoin as more akin to the Internet itself.
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He is something akin to a deity in his home country.
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There are things that are more akin to human thinking.
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Do states have anything akin to up and down?
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I mean, I want to be honest, which I think is akin to being objective.
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Once the pain of labor is forgotten, it turns into something akin to pleasure in the mind.
Fiction book (1998) -
She may, in certain respect, be more akin to plant life than animal life as we know it.
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Wind energy's problems are akin to those found in solar energy production.
Academic text (1999) -
Tending the traditional coffee plantation is more akin to gardening than to farming.
Academic text (1999) -
Her curiosity about the universe is akin to a child's wonder at a magic trick.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Having some of the same qualities as another person or thing but not exactly the same
∞
3.5
Close in type or number to something mentioned
534
1.0
Having a similar appearance or quality
66
1.5
Very similar to the real thing
60
3.9
Similar in style or idea to something
56
5.3
Like something else in style or appearance
46
3.5
Similar in quality, value, or amount to something else
39
2.4
A little similar to something you know
34
6.5
Similar in some ways that help you understand another thing
28
7.2
Sharing similar feelings, ideas, or interests
26
7.6
Almost the same in seriousness or result as another action
3
3.9
Having the same position, job, or purpose
Like an earlier example in style and form
How Similar
Surface Forms
Morphology
akin + to
The adjective 'akin' denotes resemblance and the preposition 'to' marks the target of comparison, so the sense 'similar to / comparable to' follows directly from combining the constituents. This is a regular comparative composition found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Akin to comes from the old word kin, which means 'family'. It gives the image of two things that are like members of the same family, so we use akin to when something is 'similar to' or 'related to' something else.