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Cognation

🔄 Synonyms of "Cognation"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
enationnoun	(botany) A small outgrowth on the surface of a plant organ.
consanguinitynoun	A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. A blood relationship.
matrilineagenoun	Lineage based upon the maternal line; a group of descendants related through a common female lineage.
blood kinshipnoun	related by blood

↔️ Antonyms of "Cognation"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
affinitynoun	A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
kinship by marriagenoun	kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cognation"

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Word	Definition
matrilineagenoun	Lineage based upon the maternal line; a group of descendants related through a common female lineage.
consanguinitynoun	A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. A blood relationship.
enationnoun	(botany) A small outgrowth on the surface of a plant organ.
blood kinshipnoun	related by blood
cognancynoun	(linguistics, of one word, with regard to another word) Cognacy.
cognacynoun	(linguistics) The relationship between cognates; the condition of sharing a common ancestor term in another language.
cognatenessnoun	The state or quality of being cognate.
cognatenoun	One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
false cognatenoun	(proscribed) A false friend: a word that appears to have the same meaning as another given word, but in fact does not (without regard to whether or not the two terms are cognate).
cognate objectnoun	Synonym of cognate accusative.
sister languagenoun	(linguistics) A cognate language; a language that is related to another by virtue of descending from a common ancestral language.
cohesionnoun	State of cohering, or of working together.
homologuenoun	Alternative spelling of homolog. [Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element.]
cognate accusativenoun	(grammar) An object of kindred sense or derivation; specifically, that which may adverbially follow an intransitive verb (for example, the word death in “to die the death”).
lexical correspondencenoun	(linguistics) A set of cognate words or morphemes in two or more related languages, where regular sound correspondences occur between the phonemes contained in the words.
coherencenoun	The quality of forming a unified whole.
cocompoundingnoun	(linguistics) The formation of cocompounds.
conjugacynoun	(mathematics) The condition or state of being conjugate.
conjugatenoun	(algebra, of a complex number) A complex conjugate.
syncategoremenoun	(linguistics) A syncategorematic term.