Synonyms for agnate
- adjective
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
- n. 1
A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
A great-grandfather is an agnate if he is your father’s father’s father.
Forms
- Plural
- agnates → patrisibs…
Example sentences
- paternal He's my father's father. He's my paternal grandpa.
- related Welsh, Cornish and Breton are all closely related.
- akin This problem is akin to the one we had last year.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| agnate | falling | |
| paternal | rising | |
| agnatic | falling | |
| related | steady | |
| akin | rising | |
| patrilineal | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- akin2
- 7 letters
- related3, agnatic
- 8 letters
- paternal3, patrikin, patrisib
- 11 letters
- patrilineal5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (akin2 = 2 syllables).