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cognate

How many syllables in cognate?

  2 syllables

Divide cognate into syllables:   cog-nate
Stressed syllable in cognate:   cog-nate
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Synonyms for cognate


2 syllables
  • alike
    3 syllables
    • related
    • similar
    4 syllables
      5 syllables
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        What rhymes with cognate

        2 syllables
        • abate
        • adnate
        • age-mate
        • airdate
        • alate
        • await
        • baldpate
        • baseplate
        • bedplate
        • birthrate
        • bite plate
        • blind date
        • bookplate
        • casemate
        • caudate
        • cerate
        • checkmate
        • chordate
        • classmate
        • collate
        • conflate
        • cordate
        • cremate
        • curate
        • debate
        • delate
        • derate
        • dilate
        • donate
        • downstate
        • elate
        • equate
        • faceplate
        • fellate
        • first-rate
        • fixate
        • floodgate
        • flyweight
        • formate
        • gelate
        • ground state
        • hamate
        • headgate
        • helpmate
        • hot plate
        • hydrate
        • inflate
        • inmate
        • instate
        • jailbait
        • Kuwait
        • lapse rate
        • liftgate
        • lightweight
        • lobate
        • lunate
        • lych-gate
        • magnate
        • makeweight
        • messmate
        • misstate
        • nameplate
        • negate
        • nitrate
        • nutate
        • of late
        • ornate
        • palmate
        • peltate
        • pinnate
        • playdate
        • plicate
        • postdate
        • prime rate
        • prolate
        • prorate
        • prostrate
        • punctate
        • quadrate
        • ramate
        • red-bait
        • restate
        • rostrate
        • saccate
        • seatmate
        • sensate
        • serrate
        • short weight
        • soleplate
        • spectate
        • squamate
        • stalemate
        • striate
        • substrate
        • summate
        • teammate
        • tenth-rate
        • testate
        • tinplate
        • toeplate
        • tractate
        • tristate
        • unweight
        • uprate
        • V-8
        • vallate
        • vibrate
        • vulgate
        • workmate
        • ablate
        • aerate
        • agnate
        • airfreight
        • arête
        • backdate
        • bandmate
        • bedmate
        • berate
        • bistate
        • blank slate
        • blue plate
        • breastplate
        • castrate
        • cell plate
        • cheapskate
        • chelate
        • citrate
        • clavate
        • comate
        • connate
        • create
        • crenate
        • cut-rate
        • deflate
        • dentate
        • dictate
        • disrate
        • doorplate
        • drawplate
        • end plate
        • estate
        • falcate
        • filtrate
        • fishplate
        • flatmate
        • fluxgate
        • folate
        • frustrate
        • gestate
        • gyrate
        • hastate
        • Hell Gate
        • home plate
        • housemate
        • ice-skate
        • ingrate
        • innate
        • irate
        • khanate
        • lactate
        • legate
        • ligate
        • liquate
        • locate
        • lustrate
        • lyrate
        • makebate
        • mandate
        • migrate
        • mutate
        • narrate
        • Newgate
        • notate
        • oblate
        • orate
        • ovate
        • palpate
        • phonate
        • placate
        • playmate
        • portrait
        • predate
        • probate
        • pronate
        • prostate
        • pulsate
        • pupate
        • rain date
        • rebate
        • relate
        • roommate
        • rotate
        • schoolmate
        • sedate
        • septate
        • shipmate
        • slave state
        • soul mate
        • spicate
        • stagnate
        • stellate
        • sublate
        • sulcate
        • tailgate
        • Tebet
        • terneplate
        • third-rate
        • to date
        • tollgate
        • translate
        • truncate
        • update
        • upstate
        • vacate
        • valvate
        • virgate
        • whitebait
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