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Synonyms for genetic

  • adjective

Most common

inherited hereditary familial transmissible genealogical

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Hereditary

hereditary, familial, inherited, transmissible, transmitted

2. Genic

genic, genetical

Other

genealogical

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Relating to genetics or genes.

  2. adj. 2

    Caused by genes.

Related words

Word family
genetical gengineering gene
Phrases
genetic girl genetic algorithm genetic bottleneck genetic engineering genetic memory

Example sentences

  • inherited My sixty-year-old aunt inherited the huge estate.
  • hereditary The disease we are talking about is hereditary.
  • familial We celebrated Christmas with a familial lunch.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
geneticrising
inheritedrising
hereditarysteady
familialrising
transmissiblesteady
genealogicalsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
genic
8 letters
familial3
9 letters
inherited4, genetical
10 letters
hereditary5
11 letters
transmitted3
12 letters
genealogical6
13 letters
transmissible

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (familial3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
génétique