A‐kin″ (�), a. [Pref. a- (for of) + kin.] 1. Of the same kin; related by blood; — used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.
2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. “A joy akin to rapture.” Cowper.
The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character.
Jeffrey.
☞ This adjective is used only after the noun.