agnate
Collocations
3ADJ.
congenial, former
AGNATE + NOUN
clauses
PREP.
in, with
Definitions
noun
A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
A great-grandfather is an agnate if he is your father’s father’s father.
Men accuse agnates of their own generation of bewitching them.
Any paternal male relative.
A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure.
adj
Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
allied; akin
Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate […] with the former.
Having a similar semantic meaning.
[...] 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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — one related on the father's side
- patrikin
- patrisib
adjective — related on the father's side
- agnatic
- paternal
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4A great-grandfather is an agnate if he is your father’s father’s father.
WiktionaryMen accuse agnates of their own generation of bewitching them.
WiktionaryAssume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate […] with the former.
Wiktionary[...] 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.
Wiktionary