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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly; united |
| Synonyms: | affiliated, agnate, akin, amalgamated, associated, bound, cognate, combined, confederate, connate, connected, in league, incident, joined, joint, kindred, linked, married, related, unified, wed |
| Antonyms: | disunited, estranged, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | alike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | similar |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, akin, allied, analogous, approximate, associated, carbon copy, cognate, comparable, concurrent, correspondent, corresponding, dead ringer, ditto*, double, duplicate, equal, equivalent, even, facsimile, identical, indistinguishable, kindred, like, look-alike, matched, matching, mated, parallel, proportionate, related, resembling, same, same difference, similar, spitting image, undifferentiated, uniform |
| Antonyms: | different, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, opposite, unlike |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cognate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alike, associated |
| Synonyms: | affiliated, agnate, akin, allied, analogous, comparable, connate, connatural, connected, consanguine, general, generic, incident, kindred, like, related, same, similar, universal |
| Notes: | A doublet is one of two or more words derived ultimately from a single source: abbreviate/abridge, fragile/frail, guardian/warden. The doublets may or may not show much resemblance and they also vary in closeness of meaning. Somewhere along their line of development they diverge and go off in different paths. The term cognate is usually reserved for two or more words in different languages that share a common ancestor as English father, Latin Pater, Greek pater, Spanish and Italian padre, French pere, and German Vater. |
| Antonyms: | disassociated, dissimilar, unalike, unallied, unconnected, unlike |
| Main Entry: | concurrent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agreeing, converging |
| Synonyms: | allied, at one, centrolineal, coinciding, compatible, concerted, confluent, consentient, consistent, convergent, cooperating, coterminous, harmonious, in agreement, in rapport, joined, like-minded, meeting, mutual, of the same mind, unified, uniting |
| Antonyms: | disagreeing, divergent, nonconcurrent |
| Main Entry: | connected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | related, affiliated |
| Synonyms: | akin, allied, applicable, associated, banded together, bracketed, coherent, combined, consecutive, coupled, in on with, joined, linked, pertinent, undivided, united |
| Antonyms: | disconnected, disjoined, unaffiliated, uncombined, unconnected, unrelated |
| Main Entry: | germane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate |
| Synonyms: | ad rem, akin, allied, applicable, applicative, applicatory, apposite, apropos, apt, cognate, connected, fitting, kindred, kosher*, legit, material, on target, on the button, on the nose, pertinent, proper, related, relating, relevant, right on, suitable, that's the ticket, to the point, to the purpose |
| Notes: | germane and relevant indicate pertinence to a matter, but may not be essential; material means pertinent and necessary |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, irrelevant, unfitting, unrelated, unsuitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kindred |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corresponding, matching |
| Synonyms: | affiliated, agnate, akin, alike, allied, analogous, cognate, congeneric, congenial, connate, connatural, consanguine, germane, homogeneous, incident, kin, likable, parallel, related, similar |
| Antonyms: | irrelevant, noncorresponding, unaffiliated |
| Main Entry: | like |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | similar |
| Synonyms: | according to, agnate, akin, alike, allied, allying, analogous, approximating, approximative, close, coextensive, cognate, commensurate, comparable, compatible, conforming, congeneric, congenerous, consistent, consonant, corresponding, double, equal, equaling, equivalent, homologous, identical, in the manner of, jibing, matching, much the same, near, not far from, not unlike, on the order of, parallel, related, relating, resembling, same, selfsame, such, twin, undifferentiated, uniform |
| Notes: | use 'like' when no verb follows; use 'as' when a clause follows (which has a subject and a verb) |
| Antonyms: | different, dissimilar, unlike |
| Main Entry: | near |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | familiar |
| Synonyms: | affecting, akin*, allied, attached, close, connected, dear, friendly, intimate, related, touching |
| Antonyms: | far, gone, past, unfamiliar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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