| Main Entry: | forefather |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestor |
Synonyms: |
antecedent, ascendant, forebearer, patriarch, precursor, predecessor, primogenitor, procreator, progenitor |
| 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: | 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: | grandfather |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grandsire |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, elder, forefather, gramps, granddad, granddaddy, grandpa, grandpappy, pap, paternal forebear, patriarch |
| Main Entry: | progenitor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parent |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, forefather, founder, originator, precursor, sire |
| Main Entry: | sire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | father |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, begetter, creator, forefather, lord, parent, pater, procreator |
| Main Entry: | ascendant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestor |
Synonyms: |
antecedent, ascendent, father, forbear, forefather, foregoer, foremother, mother, parent, predecessor, progenitor |
| Main Entry: | parentage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, birth, blood, bloodline, breed, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, family, forebear, forefather, foregoer, foremother, forerunner, genealogy, heritage, house, kindred, line, lineage, origin, pedigree, precursor, primogenitor, progenitor, race, seed, source, stock |
| Main Entry: | parentage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
adopted, adoptive, agnate, akin, allied, ampherotokous, ancestral, aval, avunculocal, biparental, close, collateral, congenital, connate, consanguineous, familial, family, filial, full, kindred, linear, maternal, matrilineal, matrilocal, matroclinous, neolocal, nerled, novercal, orbate, parental, paternal, patriarchal, patricentric, patrilineal, patrilocal, patroclinous, philoprogenitive, spoiled, unfathered, unfilial, unilineal, uxorilocal, virilocal
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