#1 cognate s. [connate] related in nature; "connate qualities". wn #2 cognate n. [blood relation, blood relative, sib] one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another. wn #3 cognate n. [cognate word] a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language. wn #4 cognate s. having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages". wn #5 cognate s. [akin, blood-related, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin] related by blood. wn