kinEnglishOxford English Thesauruskin noun mothers left their children with grandmothers or other kin: relatives, relations, family, family members, kindred, connections, clan, tribe, kith and kin, one's own flesh and blood, nearest and dearest; kinsfolk, kinsmen/kinswomen; informal folks; dated people.adjective my uncle was kin to the brothers: related, akin, allied, close, connected with, cognate with; rare consanguineous, consanguine.kin Oxford Dictionary of English