consanguine

1. 1.

   related by blood

   Synonymsakinblood-relatedcognateconsanguineousconsanguinealkin

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Questions about consanguine

What does consanguine mean?

consanguine means "related by blood".

How many syllables are in consanguine?

consanguine has 4 syllables: con-san-gu-ine. The stress falls on "san".

What is another word for consanguine?

Close synonyms include akin, blood-related, cognate, consanguineous, consanguineal. 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 consanguine a common word?

consanguine 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.