CONNATE Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

connate

adjective

kä-ˈnāt

Definition of connate

as in similar

having qualities in common the central premise of the comedy is that organized crime and moviemaking are pretty much connate activities

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American officials told the Wall Street Journal that Washington had conducted similar attacks secretly in recent weeks.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Similarly, high-risk activities like mountain climbing, skydiving or something similar won't typically be covered (unless specific add-on coverage is included and paid for before traveling).

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of similar

Adjective

According to the cooperative, its Co+op Basics products, of which Field Day is a part, already offer prices up to 30% lower than comparable name-brand organic, natural, fair trade and non-GMO products.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
That puts Samsung roughly $100 below Apple at comparable storage levels.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of comparable

Adjective

Thelema included three principal gods — Nuit, Hadit, and Ra Hoor Khuit — who are described as being analogous to the ancient Egyptian gods Isis, Osiris, and Horus.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Op de Beeck lauds it as an icon of midcentury design analogous to an Eames chair, and the product of exacting skill and patience.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of analogous

Adjective

America's most affluent suburbs are more alike than different.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 4 July 2026
According to author Caroline Hallemann—whose book The Kennedys and the Windsors came out on June 2—the two women were even more alike than meets the eye.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 9 June 2026

Definition of alike

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At the start of this election cycle, the notion that Democrats would seriously compete in such deep-red bastions as Kansas, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas would have seemed absurd.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Most candidates from purple districts, with the exception of some backed by the Progressive Caucus, have shied away from such ambitious proposals.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026

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