Meaning & use
akin
Similar in nature or character, often used to compare something unfamiliar to something known.
See it in a sentence
The sensation of skydiving is akin to floating weightlessly in water.
His writing style is akin to that of the early twentieth-century poets he admired.
A note on using this word
Akin is always followed by 'to,' never used directly before a noun the way 'similar' can be.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
differentdissimilar
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