akin

IPA: ʌkˈɪn

(of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.
(often followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.

Examples of "akin" in Sentences

Clampdown sounds more akin to punk.
Some stories are akin to each other.
Nauseates are akin to direct emetics.
The reality was more akin to abject slavery.
But to be delicate seems akin to intemperance.
The final argument is akin to the Judgment of Solomon.
The capital of Eisande and akin to the city of Marseilles.
The Romans considered the Aquitanians akin to the Spaniards.
It's akin to a toddler scrawling in crayon across a textbook.
I froze, with an expression akin to Bambi caught in headlights.
Secondary efflorescence is akin to osteoporosis of the concrete.
Beside him, Jaina was looking at him with an expression akin to awe.
When I complimented him on the meal in general and on the tasty gravy that had been ladled across our rotelli Bolognese in particular, his face took on an expression akin to the one you see on the faces of new parents when they begin to speak of their child.
Mark mentions the sisters without naming them, but early Christian tradition says there were two—a Mary and a Salome Mark 6:3.1 Matthew, who followed Mark as his source, includes the same list, though he spells “Joses,” a nickname akin to the English “Josy,” in its full form “Joseph.”