connate, adj. 1. inborn, inbred, native, natural, connatural, natural-born, ingenerate; congenital, hereditary, inherited, in the blood, in the family; innate, intrinsic, inherent, indigenous, indwelling, immanent.
2. cognate, related, kindred, akin, generic, congeneric; uterine, enate, enatic, agnate, consanguine, germane, sororal, fraternal; allied, affiliated, associated, apposite, affined; similar, alike, common, correlated, correspondent, comparative, relative.

connect, v. 1. (all often followed by together) join, unite, splice, tie, bind, fasten, lash; chain, couple, link, concatenate; lace, string; knit, sew; gird, truss; hyphenate; bolt, lock, pinion, clamp; secure, anchor, moor; conjoin, subjoin, affix, fix, annex, attach, tack, staple, hook, nail, pin, rivet, screw; graft, ingraft; bridge, bridge over; (of trains or buses) connect up, continue, run; fuse, solder, weld; tape, glue, agglutinate, conglutinate, cement, paste; seal, concrete; clasp, button, buckle.
2. adjoin, abut, abut on or upon, verge upon, impinge upon; touch, reach, meet, kiss, butt, impinge; neighbor, border, flank, lie next to, lie or be adjacent to.
3. mix, combine, mingle, coalesce, blend; converge, come together, knit, grow together, cohere, adhere, stick together, hang or hold together; articulate, correlate, unify; amalgamate, consolidate, incorporate, merge.
4. associate, affiliate, join up with, join forces with, side with, go along with; league, ally, confederate, unionize, band together, join forces or hands, team up, Inf. hitch horses; associate with, deal with, treat with, have to do with, have connection with, Inf. tie in with.
5. relate, identify, ally, bracket, equate, parallel, draw a parallel; attribute, assign, ascribe, impugn; attribute to, assign to, ascribe to, impute to, charge to, credit or accredit with; fix on or upon, pin on, Inf. pinpoint, saddle on or upon, father upon, blame for, SI. hang on.
6. (all of ideas, fashions, art forms) come off, go, Inf. make a go of it, succeed, prevail; Inf. catch on, Inf. take, Inf. make a hit, SI. click.

connected, adj. 1. joined, linked, tied, bound, spliced, fastened, lashed; chained, coupled, linked; secured, anchored, moored; conjoined, conjoint, subjoined, fixed, affixed, attached, annexed; tacked, stapled, hooked, nailed, pinned, riveted; fused, soldered, welded; taped, glued, cemented; sealed; clasped, buttoned, buckled.
2. merged, combined, associated, consociated, amalgamated, consolidated, incorporated; united, unified, leagued, allied, confederated, federated; in union, in league, in alliance; in common, in conjunction, in association.
3. mutual, shared, common, communal, collective; cooperative, cooperating, collaborative, collaborating, coordinated, coordinate, synergetic, synergistic; concerted, coactive, hand in hand, arm in arm; coali-tional, conjunctive, conjugate, conjunct, corporate, corporative; concordant, agreeing, concurrent, con-sentual, consentaneous, consentient, concomitant.
4. related, affinal, affined, affinitive, agnate, cognate, Gram, paronymous; correlative, Bot. homogenous, alike; kindred, akin, sib; pertinent, relevant, appropos, germane, to the point, apt, apposite.
5. adjoining, joining, conjoining, contiguous, abutting, tangential, tangent, contactual, touching, meeting, Obs. attingent; adjacent, bordering, skirting, edging, proximate, juxtapositional, juxtaposed, next to,