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kindred soul

idiom
Meaning

Someone with the same feelings or attitudes as oneself; kindred spirit.


Examples
SIMPLE

I feel like she is a kindred soul.

CONTEXTUAL

After talking for hours about our favorite books, I realized I had finally met a kindred soul.

COMPLEX

Throughout their long correspondence, they discovered they were kindred souls, sharing a profound appreciation for the quiet beauty of the natural world.

Anchors to
Related idioms7entries
  1. 01

    bare one's soul

    To reveal one's innermost feelings and thoughts, especially concerning one's doubts, regrets, or flaws; to tell one's personal secrets to others.

  2. 02

    cut away one's soul

    To be extremely displeased.

  3. 03

    kindred spirit

    Someone with the same feelings or attitudes as oneself.

  4. 04

    life and soul of the party

    Synonym of life of the party.

  5. 05

    rest his soul

    Used parenthetically to mark the referent as being deceased

  6. 06

    rest one's soul

    To wish that a person might find peace in the afterlife.

  7. 07

    sell one's soul

    To abandon one's spiritual values or moral principles for wealth or other benefits.

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