connate

1. 1.

   of similar parts or organs; closely joined or united

   “a connate tomato flower”

   Antonymsadnate

   biology

2. 2.

   related in nature

   “connate qualities”

   Synonymscognate

   Similarrelated

Other forms of connate

comparative

connater·

superlative

connatest·

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 connate

What does connate mean?

connate means "of similar parts or organs; closely joined or united". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in connate?

connate has 2 syllables: con-nate. The stress falls on "con".

What is another word for connate?

Close synonyms include cognate. 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.

What is the opposite of connate?

The recorded antonyms are adnate.

Is connate a common word?

connate 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.