cognate as a noun: - 1
- 2
as an adjective: - 1
- 2
- 3
cognate
noun
1 cognate
One related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another.
synonyms: blood relation, blood relative, sib.
Dutch: bloedverwant, verwant, cognaat
2 cognate
A word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language.
synonym: cognate word.
Dutch: cognaat
Polish: wyraz pokrewny
adjective
1 cognate
Related in nature.
synonym: connate.
Roget 9:
relative;
correlative
etc.
12;
cognate;
relating to
etc.
v.;
relative to,
in relation with,
referable or referrible to†;
belonging to
etc.
v.;
appurtenant to,
in common with.
related,
connected;
implicated,
associated,
affiliated,
allied to;
en rapport,
in touch with.
approximative†,
approximating;
proportional,
proportionate,
proportionable;
allusive,
comparable.
in the same category
etc.
75;
like
etc.
17;
relevant
etc.
(apt)
23;
applicable,
equiparant†.
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2 cognate
Having the same ancestral language.
3 cognate
Related by blood.
synonyms: akin, blood-related, consanguine, consanguineal, consanguineous, kin.
Roget 11:
related,
akin,
consanguineous,
of the blood,
family,
allied,
collateral;
cognate,
agnate,
connate;
kindred;
affiliated;
fraternal.
intimately related,
nearly related,
closely related,
remotely related,
distantly related,
allied;
german.
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Moby thesaurus: affiliated, affinal, affinitive, agnate, akin, allied, ally, alter ego, analogon, analogue, ancestry, associate, avuncular, blood, blood relation, blood relative, brother, clansman, close copy, close match, closely related, collateral, collateral relative, common, companion, complement, congenator, congener, congeneric, congenerous, congenial, connate, connatural, connected, connections, consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous, conspecific, coordinate, correlate, correlative, correspondent, counterpart, derivation, derivative, distaff side, distant relation, distantly related, doublet, enate, eponym, equivalent, etymon, family, fellow, flesh, flesh and blood, folks, foster, general, generic, genetically related, german, germane, image, incident, kin, kindred, kindred spirit, kinfolk, kinnery, kinsfolk, kinsman, kinsmen, kinswoman, kith and kin, like, likeness, mate, matrilateral, matrilineal, matroclinous, near duplicate, near relation, next of kin, novercal, obverse, of common source, of the blood, parallel, patrilateral, patrilineal, patroclinous, pendant, people, picture, posterity, primitive, reciprocal, related, related by blood, relations, relatives, root, second self, sib, sibling, similitude, simulacrum, sister, soul mate, spear kin, spear side, spindle kin, spindle side, such, suchlike, sword side, tally, the like of, the likes of, tribesman, twin, universal, uterine, uterine kin ... show more.
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