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Synonyms for akin

The synonym for akin recorded in this bank is kindred, in the sense "similar in quality or character". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for akin

kindredadjective, in the sense "similar in quality or character"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day akin is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 3, Ridgeline

similar in quality or character

A feeling akin to terror.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

kindred

Same sentence, swapped: A feeling kindred to terror.

Close but different

The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.

harmonious
amicable
empathetic

Where akin turns up in the game

akin is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play akin

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so akin reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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