| 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: | forerunner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | messenger, herald |
Synonyms: |
advertiser, advocate, ancestor, announcer, author, envoy, forebearer, foregoer, harbinger, initiator, originator, pioneer, precursor, progenitor, prognostic, prototype |
| Main Entry: | forerunner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | example, sign |
Synonyms: |
advertisement, announcement, antecedent, antecessor, augury, exemplar, foregoer, foreshadow, foretoken, forewarning, indication, mark, model, omen, pattern, portent, precursor, predecessor, premonition, presage, prognostic, prototype, sign, token, warning |
Antonyms: |
result |
| 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: | 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: | presager |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precursor |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, forebear, foregoer, forerunner, foreshadower, harbinger, herald, original*, originator, parent, pioneer, predecessor, prototype |
| 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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