congener

1. 1.

   a minor chemical constituent that gives a wine or liquor its distinctive character

   Broaderchemical
2. 2.

   an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)

   Synonymsrelativecongenatorcongeneric

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3. 3.

   a whole (a thing or person) of the same kind or category as another

   “lard was also used, though its congener, butter, was more frequently employed”

   “the American shopkeeper differs from his European congener”

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Other forms of congener

plural

congeners·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about congener

What does congener mean?

congener means "a minor chemical constituent that gives a wine or liquor its distinctive character". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in congener?

congener has 3 syllables: con-ge-ner. The stress falls on "con".

What is another word for congener?

Close synonyms include relative, congenator, congeneric. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is congener a common word?

congener is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.