Synonyms for consanguinity
All synonyms
Noun
1. Blood relationship — A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent
relation, blood relationship, relatedness, blood relation, relationship, blood, kindred, same-bloodedness, consanguineousness
Definitions
- n. 1
A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent.
Near-synonyms: relatedness, relation (both contextually synonymous)
Related words
- Word family
- consanguine consanguineous
- Is a kind of
- kinship relation
- Other spellings
- consanguinuity
Forms
- Plural
- consanguinities → relations, relatednesses, relationships, bloods…
Choose the right word
Affinity is relationship by marriage, consanguinity is relationship by blood.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- kindred Trade knows neither friends or kindred.
- lineage The young rabbi often brags about his lineage.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| consanguinity | falling | |
| kindred | falling | |
| relatedness | rising | |
| lineage | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- blood1
- 7 letters
- lineage3, kindred2
- 8 letters
- relation3
- 9 letters
- cognation
- 11 letters
- relatedness
- 12 letters
- relationship4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lineage3 = 3 syllables).