Home › Words › I › intermateintermateintermate means to mate with a member of another species or group.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, intermate ranks #2,710 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom inter- + mate.verbTo mate with a member of another species or group.e.g.“In that moment the interstices of matter were his, and the interfusings and intermating transfusings of matter and force.” — 1918, Jack London, The Red One:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).