| Main Entry: | forebear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestor |
Synonyms: |
forefather, forerunner, progenitor |
| Notes: | forbear (verb) means 'to cease or refrain from,' 'control oneself, abstain'; forebear (noun) means ancestor, literally 'a person existing before' |
| Main Entry: | ancestor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predecessor in family |
Synonyms: |
antecedent, antecessor, ascendant, forebear, forefather, foregoer, foremother, forerunner, founder, precursor, primogenitor, progenitor |
Antonyms: |
descendant |
| Main Entry: | ancestry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family predecessors; family history |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, blood, breed, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, forebear, forefather, foregoer, foremother, forerunner, genealogy, heritage, house, kindred, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, precursor, primogenitor, progenitor, race, source, stock |
| Main Entry: | antecedent(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predecessor(s) in family |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, ancestry, antecessor, blood, descent, extraction, forebears, forefather/mother, genealogy, line, primogenitor, progenitor, stock |
Antonyms: |
descendant |
| Main Entry: | birth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heritage |
Synonyms: |
ancestry, background, blood, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, forebears, genealogy, heritance, legacy, line, lineage, parentage, pedigree, position, race, rank, station, status, stock, strain |
| Main Entry: | family |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kin, offspring; classification |
Synonyms: |
ancestors, ancestry, birth, blood, brood, children, clan, class, descendants, descent, dynasty, extraction, folk, forebears, genealogy, generations, genre, group, heirs and assigns, house, household, in-laws, inheritance, issue, kind, kindred, kith and kin, line, lineage, ménage, network, parentage, pedigree, people, progenitors, progeny, race, relations, relationship, relatives, siblings, strain, subdivision, system, tribe |
| Main Entry: | lineage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry |
Synonyms: |
birth, blood, breed, clan, descendants, descent, extraction, family, folk, forebears, genealogy, heredity, house, kin, kindred, line, offspring, origin, pedigree, progenitors, progeny, race, stirps, stock, succession, tribe |
| Notes: | linage (pronounced LYE-nij) refers to the number of lines of printed material, as in a newspaper; lineage (pronounced LIN-ee-ij) refers to ancestry, derivation, or line of descent |
| Main Entry: | precursor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that precedes another |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, forebear, foregoer, forerunner, original, originator, parent, pioneer, predecessor, prototype |
| Main Entry: | predecessor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something, someone that comes before |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, forebear, foregoer, forerunner, former, precursor, previous, prior, prototype |
Antonyms: |
derivative, descendant, successor |
| Main Entry: | stock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry |
Synonyms: |
background, breed, clan, descent, extraction, family, folk, forebears, house, kin, kindred, line, line of descent, lineage, parentage, pedigree, race, species, strain, tribe, type, variety |