kindred
Those sharing ancestry
Kindred refers to relatives or family members collectively: All her kindred gathered for the funeral.
As an adjective, it means related by blood or sharing similar qualities and interests.
A kindred spirit is someone whose temperament or outlook closely matches your own—you feel an immediate connection despite being strangers.
The word carries a warm, slightly literary tone.
Compassionate understanding of others
- empathySharing another's emotions
- bondBinding tie or connection
- connectionA joining or relation
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
harmony · camaraderie · solidarity · understanding · fellowship · closeness · like-minded · soulmate
Those connected by blood
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- siblingsFellow offspring
- parentsMother and father
- childrenYoung human beings
offspring · descendants · ancestors · forebears · bloodline · lineage · genealogy · family tree
Descent from progenitors
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
forebears · progenitors · ancestors · roots · origin · forefathers · predecessors · patriarchs
Related group sharing ancestry
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- aboriginalIndigenous to a place
native · customs · rituals · elders · folklore · totem · moiety · ancestral ties
sympathy
Compassionate understanding of others
- empathySharing another's emotions
- bondBinding tie or connection
- connectionA joining or relation
rapport · harmony · camaraderie · solidarity · understanding · fellowship · closeness · like-minded · soulmate · affiliation
relatives
Those connected by blood
children · offspring · descendants · ancestors · forebears · bloodline · lineage · genealogy · family tree · household
lineage
Descent from progenitors
genealogy · forebears · progenitors · ancestors · roots · origin · forefathers · predecessors · patriarchs · matriarchs
clan
Related group sharing ancestry
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- indigenousOriginating in a region
aboriginal · native · customs · rituals · elders · folklore · totem · moiety · ancestral ties · communal bonds
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- kinshipmother, father, sister, brother, children
- ancestryancestors, ancestor, clan, ancestry, bloodline
- kinfolkkinfolk, kinsmen, relatives, relations, family tree
- Clanclansman, clansmen, clanswoman, chieftain, kinfolk
- kinship groupskinfolk, clan, tribe, family line, bloodline
kindredunrelated
Having no link
strangers · unaffiliated · aliens · outsiders · disconnected
kindredunsympathetic
Without pity or understanding
uncongenial · incompatible · alien · discordant · disharmonious
kindreddissimilar
Not similar
different · unlike · alien · incompatible · unalike
- kindred spiritPerson with shared sensibilities
- kindred soulPerson deeply alike inside