congenerous

1. 1.

   belonging to the same genus

   Synonymscongenericcongenerical

Questions about congenerous

What does congenerous mean?

congenerous means "belonging to the same genus".

How many syllables are in congenerous?

congenerous has 4 syllables: con-ge-ne-rous. The stress falls on "ge".

What is another word for congenerous?

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

congenerous 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.