congeneric

adjective

Definition of congenericnext
as in allied

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congeneric
  1. allied
  2. kindred
  3. related
  4. congenial
  5. identical
  6. kin
  7. virtual
  8. same
Adjective
  • More than $350 million was poured into the billionaire tax battle, with opponents and allied campaigns accounting for over 96 percent of that figure.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Former Clerk of Courts Tiffany Moore Russell is Orange County’s next mayor, with a slate of allied candidates set to join her on the County Commission.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of allied
Adjective
  • Still, devotees of John Waters, Sean Baker, Todd Solondz and the Safdie brothers will sense that DeFalco is a kindred spirit, a filmmaker with an open-minded curiosity about the rowdier parts of the human zoo.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Charles, canny and discerning, is a threat — and maybe a kindred spirit.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of kindred
Adjective
  • Peng, according to court documents, was also in possession of methamphetamine and related paraphernalia.
    — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Even so, the administration quickly pivoted, filing a brief in a related case that also made claims that California’s voter rolls contained noncitizens who voted illegally.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of related
Adjective
  • All this is fun to read, since Philbrick is an adept and congenial storyteller.
    — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Gray’s early life has all the ingredients of a congenial coming-of-age movie, one rooted in the anything-goes landscape of postwar Southern California.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of congenial
Adjective
  • The three teams had identical district records, split their head-to-head games and had the exact same point differential.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Cross-border investors rarely start with identical expectations.
    — Anas Bhairi, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of identical
Adjective
  • Van Halen was the pinnacle of my long f–kin’ five-decade career.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the helpers were non-kin, demonstrating cooperative social behavior that extends beyond family bonds.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
Definition of kin
Adjective
  • Colom has continued to hold public events and make appearances around the state, staging a virtual rally Sunday with Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams and entertainers Kerry Washington and Lance Bass.
    — Gregory S. Schneider The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Fans reported waiting in a virtual waiting room for tickets for extended periods of time, some for hours.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of virtual
Adjective
  • His longtime partner, Evans Richardson, died in April 2023, and he was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome that same August.
    — Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 11 Nov. 2026
  • That same scribe confirmed that bands of chickens roving near the Hollywood Freeway were indeed real and not an urban legend in 2000.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of same
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“Congeneric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congeneric. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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