congenital

1. 1.

   present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development

   Synonymsinborninnate

   Similarnoninheritable

Questions about congenital

What does congenital mean?

congenital means "present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development".

How many syllables are in congenital?

congenital has 4 syllables: con-gen-i-tal. The stress falls on "gen". In IPA it is /kənˈdʒɛnətəl/.

What is another word for congenital?

Close synonyms include inborn, innate. 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 congenital a common word?

congenital is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with congenital?

1 word rhymes with congenital. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.