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con·ge·ner
 congener
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- pronunciation:
- kan
jih
n
 r
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
one of the same kind as another.
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| definition 2: |
an organism in the same genus as another.
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| related words: |
twin |
adjective + (n.)congener
chlorinated, dark, decreased, lateral, modeled, romance, specific, toxic, vernacular
verb + (n.)congener
call, contain, predominate, quantify, signify, substitute
noun + (n.)congener
angiosperm, biphenyl, compound, concentration, contamination, deposition, incinerator, lsd, pcb, prototype, toxicity, vodka
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| derivation: |
congeneric (adj.) |
The word congener
contains the following part:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, concentric, conclude, conclusion, condone, conduce, conducive, conduct, conductive, conduction, confer, conference, confidant, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, confluence, conflux, conform, confuse, confusion, congener, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjecture, conjunct, conjunction, conjunctiva, connect, connote, conscript, conscription, consign, consonant, conspiracy, constant, constrain, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, conversant, convince, convict, conviction, convivial, convocation, convoke, inconceivable, inconsonant, inconspicuous, connotation, consequence, consequent
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