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be akin

VERB

belong

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apply exist fit reside

STRONG

accord agree appertain associate bear become befit chime concern correlate correspond go harmonize inhere match permeate pertain refer regard set suit touch vest

WEAK

attach to be a component be a constituent be a part be an adjunct of be connected with be fitting be linked with be related be relevant bear upon go with have relationship to have respect to have to do with

Antonyms

STRONG

avoid differ disagree disapprove disassociate disconnect oppose refuse

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States’ role here should be akin to their supervision of any group soliciting charitable donations, said Leslie Hiner, vice president of legal affairs at EdChoice, which backs the tax credit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Paul: To suggest Slot is in trouble would be akin to saying last season never happened!

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

Repealing such programs — and potentially undermining the endangerment finding — would be akin to “denying the concept of gravity,” Ortiz said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

And the novelist Richard Ford once made it clear that questioning Ms. Munro’s mastery over the short story would be akin to doubting the hardness of a diamond or the bouquet of a ripened peach.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

Yes; she wanted it to look pretty; she wanted to infuse some beauty into her life—something which, in however remote a degree, should be akin to the things she read of in her books.

From The Doctor's Wife by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

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