Meanings
alternative kinda · alternative kind-of
- colloquialidiomaticnot comparableSlightly; somewhat; sort of.
That's the right answer, kind of.
3 more examples
I'm getting kind of tired. Could we finish tomorrow?
Worked on my Wisconsin Labor booklet for school. It's fun kind of.
1965 January 3, Lou Sullivan, DiaryHe kind of hated the idea of Hugo having been with someone else, even though that was superhypocritical, considering Brand's own previous arrangements with Ramie and Jackson.
2022, A. M. Arthur, His Fresh Start CowboySynonyms: sort of, sorta, kinda sorta
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbSlightly; somewhat; sort of.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From a reanalysis of kind of in a phrase such as a kind of merry dance from “a kind + of + merry dance” (a type among merry dances) to “a + kind-of merry + dance” (a somewhat merry dance).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian малко, един вид
- малко (malko)somewhat
- един вид (edin vid)somewhat
Catalan una mica
- una micasomewhat
Chinese Mandarin 相當 /相当
- 相當 /相当 (xiāngdāng)somewhat
Dutch ietwat
- ietwatsomewhat
Finnish vähän, jokseenkin
- vähänsomewhat
- jokseenkinsomewhat
- tavallaansomewhat
French plus ou moins, quelque peu
- plus ou moinssomewhat
- quelque peusomewhat
- à peu prèssomewhat
- en quelque sortesomewhat
- manièresomewhat
German etwas, irgendwie
- etwassomewhat
- irgendwiesomewhat
Greek κάπως, περίπου
- κάπως (kápos)somewhat
- περίπου (perípou)somewhat
Hungarian némileg
- némilegsomewhat
Irish cineál
- cineálsomewhat
Italian piuttosto, abbastanza
- piuttostosomewhat
- abbastanzasomewhat
Lithuanian panašiai
- panašiaisomewhat
Polish jakiś
- jakiśsomewhat
Portuguese meio
- meiosomewhat
Russian своего́ ро́да, ти́па
- своего́ ро́да (svojevó róda)somewhat
- ти́па (típa)somewhat
- вро́де (vróde)somewhat
Scottish Gaelic nàdar de, car
- nàdar desomewhat
- carsomewhat
- gnè desomewhat
Swedish ganska
- ganskasomewhat
Tagalog parang
- parangsomewhat
Ukrainian щось на зразок
- щось на зразок (ščosʹ na zrazok)somewhat
Welsh ychydig, braidd
- ychydigsomewhat
- braiddsomewhat
- yn rhyw fathsomewhat
Cite this entry
kind of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kind%20of
“kind of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kind%20of. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kind of,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kind%20of.
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