kinds

NOUN

class, species

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brand set sort type variety

STRONG

breed classification family genus ilk kin order race

NOUN

type, character

Synonyms

STRONGEST

description lot manner nature number set sort style variety way

STRONG

breed connection denomination designation essence fiber habit ilk likes mold persuasion stamp stripe temperament tendency tribe

Example Sentences

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And it’s extremely problematic for that person to claim to be a kin of a thing that is my kin unless we’re shared spirit kins, then we’re one spirit in two different bodies.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2021

Aside from the poet, whom Ea kins portrayed in 1888 as a twinkling old sage, few people could stand having their character laid bare with the visceral objectivity that Eakins brought to portraiture.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like most of the island's elite, both went to university in the States, Romero at Yale and Hernandez at Johns Hop kins.

From Time Magazine Archive

A new theory by a Johns Hop kins scientist indicates that there might be some truth in the old myth after all.

From Time Magazine Archive

When somebody talked mah husband intuh cornin’ down heah tuh open up uh eatin’ place Ah never dreamt so many different kins uh black folks could colleck in one place.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston