kindred
Other forms: kindreds
Your kindred are your people. If you say are going to visit your kindred during the holidays, that means you are going to visit your relatives.
The word kindred can be used as either an adjective or a noun. The noun version is somewhat archaic — you are more likely to encounter this word in classic literature than in casual conversation. You may be more familiar with the adjective version of the word, which has gained popular usage in the term “kindred spirit” or “kindred soul,” which is used to describe those who share similar attitudes, characteristics, or beliefs.
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group of people related by blood or marriagesynonyms: clan, kin, kin group, kinship group, tribetypes:mishpachah, mishpocha(Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends)folksyour parentstotema clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic objectTribes of Israel, Twelve Tribes of Israeltwelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacobancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stockthe lineage of an individualLost Tribesthe ten Tribes of Israel that were deported into captivity in Assyria around 720 BC (leaving only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin)type of:social grouppeople sharing some social relation
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related by blood or marriage“kindred clans”synonyms:relatedconnected by kinship, common origin, or marriage
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similar in quality or character
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Vocabulary lists containing kindred
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