Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cognate

2 senses of cognate

Sense 1
blood relation, blood relative, cognate, sib -- (one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another)
       => relative, relation -- (a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey")

Sense 2
cognate, cognate word -- (a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language)
       => word -- (a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning")

Antonyms of adj cognate

3 senses of cognate

Sense 1
connate, cognate -- (related in nature; "connate qualities")

INDIRECT (VIA related) -> unrelated -- (lacking a logical or causal relation)

Sense 2
cognate -- (having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages")

INDIRECT (VIA related) -> unrelated -- (lacking a logical or causal relation)

Sense 3
akin (predicate), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin (predicate) -- (related by blood)

INDIRECT (VIA related) -> unrelated -- (not connected by kinship)

Similarity of adj cognate

3 senses of cognate

Sense 1
connate, cognate -- (related in nature; "connate qualities")
       => related (vs. unrelated), related to -- (being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics ; "painting and the related arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to micelle formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces")

Sense 2
cognate -- (having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages")
       => related (vs. unrelated), related to -- (being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics ; "painting and the related arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to micelle formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces")

Sense 3
akin (predicate), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin (predicate) -- (related by blood)
       => related (vs. unrelated) -- (connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage)

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