kindred spirit

Definitions

1. Someone with the same feelings or attitudes as oneself.
   idiomatic
2. Someone or something with which one feels connected.

Equivalents

Examples

“She found in her neighbor a good friend, gardening companion and kindred spirit.”

“I have⟳ sought but a kindred spirit to share⟳ it, and I have⟳ found such in thee.”

“But his fine qualities being perfectly understood and appreciated in those regions where his lot was cast⟳, and where he had many kindred spirits to consort with, he may be regarded as having been born under a fortunate star, which is not always the case with a man so much before the age in which he lives.”

“He repeated to Chad what he had been saying in the court to Waymarsh; how there was no doubt⟳ whatever that his sister would find⟳ the latter a kindred spirit, no doubt⟳ of the alliance, based on an exchange⟳ of views, that the pair would successfully strike⟳ up.”

“He is a Trump kindred spirit who goads liberals, appeases Russian president Vladimir Putin and promotes the far-right “great replacement” theory that western elites are importing immigrant voters to supplant white people.”

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