What does kinship mean?
Word: Kinship
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Kinship means a family connection between people. It can also mean a close feeling of being alike or belonging with someone.
Synonyms: relationship, closeness
How do you spell kinship?
Syllables: kin - ship
Tricky part: There is only one n: kin keeps its single n when the ending is added.
Watch out for: kinnship, kinshup, kenship
Memory tip: Kin is a tiny word with just one n, and it keeps that single n in the longer word.
Kinship in a sentence
Example 1: At the family reunion, I met relatives I never knew we had kinship with.
Example 2: The two old friends felt a deep kinship after the long trek together.
Example 3: Hana feels a kinship with anyone who loves books as much as she does.
Fun Fact
Kin and kind come from the same Old English root, cynn.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
kin
a) shap
b) chip
c) ship
d) shipe
Show answer
c) ship. Ship is the ending that means a state or bond, as in friendship and membership.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
kinship
a) bond
b) distance
c) hatred
d) quarrel
Show answer
a) bond. Kinship is a close bond, often between members of a family.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) ancester
b) nefew
c) kinship
d) cousen
Show answer
c) kinship. Cousin ends in sin, an ancestor ends in or and nephew is spelt with ph.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The two tribes felt a deep kinship because they spoke the same old langauge.
a) deep
b) tribes
c) langauge
d) kinship
Show answer
c) langauge. Language has ua after the g, not au.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Kinship links which of these pairs?
a) two teams playing in the same match
b) two strangers who sit on the same bus
c) cousins who share the same grandparents
d) a shopkeeper and a regular customer
Show answer
c) cousins who share the same grandparents
2. Next of kin is often asked for on official forms. Who is a person's next of kin?
a) their best friend
b) their family doctor
c) their nearest neighbour
d) their closest relative
Show answer
d) their closest relative
