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Agnate
/ˈæɡneɪt/
A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
📖 Definitions of "Agnate"
- 1
A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
"A great grandfather is an agnate if he is your father’s father’s father."
- 2
Any paternal male relative.
- 1
Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
- 2
Allied; akin
- 3
Having a similar semantic meaning.
🔄 Synonyms of "Agnate"
7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| related | Standing in relation or connection. |
| paternalnoun | Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father. |
| agnatic | of the male bloodline; patrilineal |
| patrikinnoun | patrilateral kin |
| patrisibnoun | A patrilineal sib. |
| patrilineal kinnoun | one related on the father's side |
| patrilineal sibnoun | one related on the father's side |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Agnate"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| patrikinnoun | patrilateral kin |
| paternalnoun | Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father. |
| related | Standing in relation or connection. |
| patrilineal kinnoun | one related on the father's side |
| patrilineal sibnoun | one related on the father's side |
| patrisibnoun | A patrilineal sib. |
| enatenoun | A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family. |
| brother-in-lawnoun | The brother of one's spouse. |
| agnationnoun | consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation |
| aunclenoun | (rare) Used especially as a gender-neutral term: the sibling or sibling-in-law of one's parent. |
| avunculatenoun | (anthropology) The relationship between a man and his sister's children, generally her sons. |
| affinenoun | (anthropology, genealogy) A relative by marriage. |
| paternal auntnoun | A sister of someone’s father. |
| sibling-in-lawnoun | The sibling of one's spouse. |
| affinitynoun | A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing. |
| unclenoun | The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent. |
| paternal cousinnoun | A child of one's father's sibling |
| consanguinenoun | A person related to another by birth. |
| relative-in-lawnoun | A relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage. |
| nephewnoun | A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew). |
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