a kindred spirit



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a kindred spirit

A person who shares several or many fundamental beliefs, ideas, convictions, sentiments, attitudes, and/or interests with oneself. It didn't take long to figure out that John is a kindred spirit, and we've been the closest of friends ever since we met.
See also: kindred, spirit

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
CaoimhÍNKEE-veen, KWEE-vinIrish
Leyla-Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, English (Modern)
Yitzhak-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Surinder-Indian (Sikh)
Eireenie-REENIrish
Arslan-Turkish, Turkmen