A great-grandfather is an agnate if he is your father’s father’s father.
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Agnate
/ˈæɡneɪt/
Synonyms for "agnate" (83 found)
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Closest matches (17)
affiliatedaffinalaffinitiveakinalikealliedanalogousancestryavuncularbloodblood relativeclansmanclosely relatedcognatecollateral
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (41)
germaneincidentkinkindredkinfolkkinsmenkith and kinlikematrilateralmatrilinealmatroclinousnext of kinnovercalof common sourceof the bloodparallelpatrilateralpatrilinealpatroclinouspeople
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Men accuse agnates of their own generation of bewitching them.
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Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate […] with the former.
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[...] we can talk about a swim, a drink, a look, even though swim, drink and look can also show up as verbs in agnate clauses.
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