Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 520 compound words that contain kin. The most common are listed below. Open kin in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- next of kinClosest blood relative, heir to inheritance.
- kith and kinBoth friends and family.
- kin selectionAn evolutionary strategy that favors an individual organism's close kin over itself.
- fictive kinSomeone who, though unrelated by birth or marriage, has such a close emotional relationship with another that they may be considered part of the family.
- Kin Sha KiangAlternative form of Jinsha Jiang: Synonym of Jinsha, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China.
- Kin-shaAlternative form of Jinsha (River in China)
- Kin-BallA sport played by three teams at once with a large ball.
- kissing kinKissing cousins.
- Kin-tcheouAlternative form of Jingzhou: A prefecture-level city of Hubei, China.
- kin stateA state or nation having a diaspora who lives in a different state.
- kin statesplural of kin state: A state or nation having a diaspora who lives in a different state.
- kin-keeperAlternative form of kinkeeper: Someone doing kinkeeping.
- kin-keepersplural of kin-keeper: Someone doing kinkeeping.
- totem kinA human kin or family group bearing the names of a particular totem.
- Fuk KinAlternative form of Fujian: A geographic region consisting of two provinces in East Asia both known as Fujian, one in mainland China (PRC) and the other in Taiwan (ROC); formerly a single province.
Compound words 520
- kingA male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
- mankindThe human race in its entirety.
- hunkA large or dense piece of something.
- chunkA part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.
- bleakWithout color; pale; pallid.
- napkinA serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.
- akinOf persons, of the same kin; related by blood.
- kindredDistant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
- HopkinsAn English, Irish and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic.
- JenkinsA surname originating as a patronymic of Cornish and in English ("mainly of Devon") origin.