Agnate Synonyms

ăgnāt
Connected by or as if by kinship or common origin
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. allied
  2. connate
  3. kindred
  4. related
  5. akin
  6. cognate
  7. affiliated
  8. connatural
  9. agnatic
  10. consanguine
  11. consanguineous
  12. like
  13. affinal
  14. paternal
  15. conspecific
One related on the father's side
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. patrikin
  2. patrilineal kin
  3. patrisib
  4. patrilineal sib

Words Related to Agnate

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. kin
  2. age-mates
  3. kinsfolk

Agnate Sentence Examples

  • There were tribes where the basis of kinship was agnate, but these were the exceptions.

  • One close agnate of K lineage was living in Ankara with an Ankara wife.

  • The grand duchy, being hereditary only in the male line, passed to the nearest agnate, the duke of Nassau.

  • The title of the sovereign is king of Bavaria, that of his presumptive heir is crown-prince of Bavaria, and during the minority or incapacity of the sovereign a regency is declared, which is vested in the nearest male agnate capable of ascending the throne.