congenital as an adjective: - 1
congenital
adjective
1 congenital
Present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development.
synonyms: inborn, innate.
Roget 820:
affected,
characterized,
formed,
molded,
cast;
attempered†,
tempered;
framed;
predisposed;
prone,
inclined;
having a bias
etc.
n.;
tinctured with,
imbued with,
penetrated with,
eaten up with.
inborn,
inbred,
ingrained;
deep-rooted,
ineffaceable,
inveterate;
pathoscopic†;
congenital,
dyed in the wool,
implanted by nature,
inherent,
in the grain.
affective.
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Roget 5:
derived from within,
subjective;
intrinsic,
intrinsical†;
fundamental,
normal;
implanted,
inherent,
essential,
natural;
innate,
inborn,
inbred,
ingrained,
inwrought;
coeval with birth,
genetous†,
haematobious†,
syngenic†;
radical,
incarnate,
thoroughbred,
hereditary,
inherited,
immanent;
congenital,
congenite†;
connate,
running in the blood;
ingenerate†,
ingenite†;
indigenous;
in the grain
etc.
n.;
bred in the bone,
instinctive;
inward,
internal
etc.
221;
to the manner born;
virtual.
characteristic
etc.
(special)
79,
(indicative)
550;
invariable,
incurable,
incorrigible,
ineradicable,
fixed.
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Moby thesaurus: absolute, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, atavistic, bodily, born, broad-based, clean, clear, coeval, comprehensive, connatal, connate, connatural, constitutional, consummate, deep-dyed, deep-seated, downright, dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, essential, exhaustive, genetic, hereditary, in the blood, inborn, inbred, incarnate, indigenous, indwelling, ingrained, inherited, innate, instinctive, instinctual, intensive, intrinsic, native, native to, natural, natural to, omnibus, omnipresent, organic, out-and-out, outright, perfect, pervasive, physical, plain, plumb, primal, pure, radical, regular, sheer, straight, sweeping, temperamental, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, total, ubiquitous, unacquired, unconditional, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted, utter, veritable, wholesale ... show more.
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