/euh kin"/ , adj.
1. of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively): cousins who were too closely akin for marriage.
2. allied by nature; having the same properties: Something akin to vertigo was troubling her.
3. having or showing an affinity; kindred: They are emotionally but not intellectually akin.
[ 1580-90; see A- 2 , KIN ]
Syn. 2. cognate; similar, analogous, comparable, parallel.