congenerical

1. 1.

   belonging to the same genus

   Synonymscongenericcongenerous

Questions about congenerical

What does congenerical mean?

congenerical means "belonging to the same genus".

How many syllables are in congenerical?

congenerical has 5 syllables: con-ge-ne-ri-cal. The stress falls on "ne".

What is another word for congenerical?

Close synonyms include congeneric, congenerous. 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 congenerical a common word?

congenerical is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.