connate
adjective
con·nate kä-ˈnāt 
ˈkä-ˌnāt
ˈkä-ˌnāt 1
: akin, congenial
2
: innate, inborn
3
: born or originated together
4
: entrapped in sediments at the time of their deposition
connate water
connately adverb
Synonyms
- akin
- alike
- analogous
- cognate
- comparable
- correspondent
- corresponding
- ditto
- like
- matching
- parallel
- resemblant
- resembling
- similar
- such
- suchlike
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Example Sentences
the central premise of the comedy is that organized crime and moviemaking are pretty much connate activities
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin connatus, past participle of connasci to be born together, from Latin com- + nasci to be born — more at nation
First Known Use
1641, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
connate
adjective
con·nate kä-ˈnāt ˈkän-ˌāt
ˈkän-ˌāt : firmly united
connate bones
connate
adjective
as in similar
having qualities in common the central premise of the comedy is that organized crime and moviemaking are pretty much connate activities Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- similar
- like
- alike
- analogous
- comparable
- such
- resembling
- parallel
- corresponding
- matching
- cognate
- suchlike
- resemblant
- identical
- synonymous
- equivalent
- akin
- twin
- ditto
- related
- correspondent
- same
- connatural
- relatable
- commensurate
- allied
- proportionate
- kindred
- congeneric
- on the order of
- virtual
- selfsame
- congenial
- kin
- conformable
- approximating
- consonant
- tantamount
- unvaried
- consistent
- substitutable
- interchangeable
- homogeneous
- unvarying
- equal
- coextensive
- indistinguishable
- conforming
- uniform
- approaching
- duplicate
- coincident
- fungible
- unchanging
- redundant
- homogenous
- entire
- close
- congenerous
- me-too
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dissimilar
- different
- diverse
- distinct
- distinguishable
- disparate
- unlike
- various
- variable
- varying
- varied
- unakin
- inexact
- unconnected
- imprecise
- nonequivalent
- unrelated
- noninterchangeable
- inaccurate