connate

adjective

con·​nate kä-ˈnāt  ˈkä-ˌnāt 

1

: akin, congenial

2

: innate, inborn

3

: born or originated together

4

: entrapped in sediments at the time of their deposition

connate water

connately adverb

Synonyms

• akin
• alike
• analogous
• cognate
• comparable
• correspondent
• corresponding
• ditto
• like
• matching
• parallel
• resemblant
• resembling
• similar
• such
• suchlike

Examples of connate in a Sentence

the central premise of the comedy is that organized crime and moviemaking are pretty much connate activities

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin connatus, past participle of connasci to be born together, from Latin com- + nasci to be born — more at nation

First Known Use

1641, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

connate

adjective

con·​nate kä-ˈnāt  ˈkän-ˌāt 

: firmly united

connate bones

connately adverb