what kind
Asking about variety
What kind is a question phrase asking about type, category, or variety: What kind of music do you like?
It requests specification from among possibilities.
The phrase can express incredulity or disapproval: What kind of person does that?
In casual speech, often reduced to what kinda.
- typeCategory sharing traits
- sortMethod of ordering
- sort ofApproximately, not precisely
- varietyState of being diverse
- whichInterrogative for selection
category · nature · style · breed · species · flavor · manner · genre · classification · version · form · brand · model · strain · ilk · description · character · quality
- question wordswhen, where, which, who, whom
- clarification requestspardon, excuse me, say again, come again, repeat that