adv
Meaning 1
Kind of; somewhat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, not-comparable
Examples
- I kinda hafta do this right now.
- That’s kinda funny.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sorta
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
kinda
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈkaɪndə/
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also: /ˈkaɪnə/
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rhymes with -aɪnə
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/ˈkɪndə/
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rhymes with -ɪndə
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CMU ARPABET: K IH1 N D AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
contraction
Meaning 2
Contraction of kind + of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
intj
Meaning 3
Yes in some respects but no in other respects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- "Are you afraid of a little bit of rain?" "Kinda, yeah."
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A subspecies of baboon, Papio cynocephalus kindae, primarily found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly western Tanzania.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
to some (great or small) extent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it was rather cold
- the party was rather nice
- the knife is rather dull
- I rather regret that I cannot attend
- He's rather good at playing the cello
- he is kind of shy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rather, kind of, sort of
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Written form of a reduction (apocope) or pronunciation spelling of kind of.
After the town of Kinda, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Real reading context