What is another word for ancestor?
1691 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˈansɛstə], [ ˈansɛstə], [ ˈa_n_s_ɛ_s_t_ə]
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Similar words for ancestor:
- ancestor (noun)
- ancestry (noun)
- antecedent(s) (noun)
- elder (noun)
- father (noun)
- forebearer (noun)
- forerunner (noun)
- grandfather (noun)
- grandmother (noun)
- mother (noun)
- origin (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- person (noun)
- precursor (noun)
- predecessor (noun)
- predecessor(s) in family (noun)
- presager (noun)
- progenitor (noun)
- prototype (noun)
- provenience (noun)
- root` (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Ancestor:
n.
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- stock.
- de-scent,
- fore-bear,
- ex traction,
- fore goers,
- fore mothers,
- de scent,
- fore father,
- fore-father,
- foregoers,
- fore-fathers,
- fore-goer,
- fore fathers,
- fore goer,
- fore mother,
- ex-traction,
- ex-tractions,
- ex tractions,
- fore bear,
- de-scents,
- de scents,
- fore-mothers,
- fore-goers.
- forefather-mothers,
- fore bears,
- forefathermothers,
- forefather mother,
- forefathermother,
- forefather-mother,
- fore-bears,
- forefather mothers.
- granddad,
- paternal forebear,
- grandpappies,
- grandpa,
- grandpas,
- grand father,
- granddaddies,
- grand-dad,
- grandpappy,
- gramps,
- granddaddy,
- granddads.
- well spring,
- horse mouth,
- well-springs,
- horse's mouths,
- well springs,
- horses mouths,
- horse mouths,
- horses mouth.
- formers,
- prototype,
- Causalities,
- causality,
- elder,
- gaffer,
- determinants,
- forefather,
- ancients,
- foreshadowers,
- patriarch,
- initiators,
- grandfather,
- parent,
- mommy,
- progenitor,
- forebear,
- Well-spring,
- primogenitor,
- foremother,
- old fogey,
- Foregoer,
- parentage,
- origin,
- graybeard,
- mommies,
- Provenience,
- foremothers,
- ancestry,
- mother,
- father,
- veteran,
- mom,
- foreshadower,
- child-bearer,
- materfamilias,
- origins,
- gaffers,
- antecessors,
- old man,
- paterfamilias,
- determinant,
- paterfamiliases,
- priors,
- causation,
- horse's mouth,
- Fore-mother,
- rootstock,
- advertisers,
- mainsprings,
- founders,
- paters,
- Causations,
- forebearer,
- mainspring,
- graybeards,
- Antecessor,
- advertiser,
- primogenitors,
- generators,
- forerunner,
- predecessor,
- forefathers,
- initiator.
Other synonyms:
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- tatty,
- antediluvian,
- rickety,
- decrepit,
- age-old,
- oldish,
- matriarch,
- antiquated,
- down-at-heel,
- antiquity,
- oldie,
- moth-eaten,
- ancient,
- out-of-date,
- outdated,
- family tree,
- worn-out,
- venerable,
- fleabitten,
- throwback,
- relic,
- aging,
- worn,
- grandmother,
- ratty,
- timeworn,
- antique,
- dilapidated,
- mangy,
- archaic.
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- beat up,
- genealogy,
- traditional,
- museum piece,
- battered,
- shabby,
- vintage.
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- branch.
-
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- line.
- eye,
- go down,
- predate,
- give birth,
- shopping mall,
- terminal,
- stale,
- peachy,
- bulge,
- mannikin,
- subscribe,
- foundation garment,
- downplay,
- discharge,
- form,
- antecedence,
- backside,
- subscriber line,
- presage,
- time of origin,
- gillyflower,
- favorite,
- instigator,
- old hand,
- assumption,
- envoy extraordinary,
- grannie,
- effort,
- betoken,
- crony,
- stirring,
- hail,
- male parent,
- subdivision,
- fourth-year,
- fall guy,
- channel,
- cosmos,
- inducing,
- down,
- get across,
- groundwork,
- tush,
- irruption,
- received,
- charwoman,
- introduce,
- schoolmaster,
- seeded player,
- target,
- radix,
- congenator,
- adumbrate,
- act upon,
- forefront,
- average,
- precedence,
- home run,
- prognosticative,
- recoil,
- sept,
- cradle,
- ultra,
- heart,
- executive program,
- human body,
- fall through,
- deterrent example,
- mastermind,
- gimcrack,
- logical argument,
- decimal point,
- infrastructure,
- designate,
- grow,
- hightail it,
- new wave,
- school principal,
- black market,
- composition,
- keepsake,
- solvent,
- 1st,
- originate,
- blood brother,
- caprice,
- ratify,
- coevals,
- bolt down,
- case law,
- inventory,
- informant,
- springiness,
- relation back,
- training,
- atavistic,
- reversion,
- core,
- nurture,
- stigmatise,
- first base,
- infirm,
- wonky,
- gunstock,
- campaign,
- consequence,
- first gear,
- occupation,
- sink in,
- party boss,
- ground,
- incline,
- fuss,
- paragon,
- trumpeter,
- well-worn,
- handler,
- decease,
- tawdry,
- stand,
- enchant,
- aim,
- senescent,
- run-down,
- merchantman,
- motivative,
- telling,
- family relationship,
- counselor-at-law,
- causal factor,
- cannonball along,
- midpoint,
- northern storm petrel,
- emissary,
- pedestal,
- center on,
- common wormwood,
- line of descent,
- shopping centre,
- role model,
- belt down,
- heir,
- one-time,
- rip,
- soma,
- raddled,
- bollock,
- buttocks,
- outdoor,
- measure,
- crop up,
- free radical,
- multiply,
- advertizement,
- boost,
- exemplary,
- washed-out,
- ex-serviceman,
- counsel,
- ballock,
- commemorate,
- backwash,
- outflow,
- founding,
- sign up,
- dyke,
- roue,
- not bad,
- idea,
- loss leader,
- hirer,
- advocator,
- designer,
- filiation,
- manoeuvre,
- teat,
- come,
- rivulet,
- gone,
- pop out,
- kernel,
- daring,
- head teacher,
- pock,
- stage,
- get up,
- be given,
- farm animal,
- gull,
- regulate,
- drawing card,
- guide on,
- indicant,
- fashion model,
- note,
- universe,
- elderberry bush,
- reading,
- rising,
- sometime,
- ramification,
- dekameter,
- promontory,
- bank line,
- graduation exercise,
- adman,
- preindication,
- antiquate,
- immoral,
- genetic endowment,
- broken-down,
- goal,
- show,
- fellow,
- denotation,
- descendent,
- star sign,
- face of the earth,
- quondam,
- gunpoint,
- signaling,
- fund,
- establish,
- period,
- fascinate,
- core group,
- set forth,
- planetary house,
- first appearance,
- companion,
- start out,
- advertizer,
- dam up,
- radiation diagram,
- assort,
- anteriority,
- parenthood,
- take shape,
- rout,
- propagation,
- fool,
- hike,
- monetary standard,
- alfresco,
- declaration,
- pulp,
- ricochet,
- threadbare,
- maiden,
- father-god,
- carnal knowledge,
- headmaster,
- emboss,
- dada,
- orient,
- caput,
- overlord,
- sit,
- terminus a quo,
- dominate,
- genealogic,
- object lesson,
- adumbration,
- fosterage,
- carry,
- telephone circuit,
- maestro,
- rising slope,
- household,
- tatterdemalion,
- mount,
- word of advice,
- nerve center,
- offshoot,
- principal,
- inhalation,
- credit line,
- undoer,
- firm,
- juncture,
- concentrate on,
- transmission line,
- affinity,
- inwardness,
- strike out,
- thoroughbred,
- rill,
- arse,
- first cousin,
- contract,
- deliver,
- talent scout,
- sprout,
- anterior,
- old-hat,
- director,
- collapse,
- discoverer,
- nonpareil,
- place of origin,
- brand,
- comfortably,
- issue,
- freighter,
- older,
- oldtimer,
- broth,
- resultant,
- try,
- declension,
- victor,
- early,
- scratch line,
- climb,
- advert,
- mamilla,
- indicate,
- congeneric,
- close,
- proprietor,
- motivator,
- managing director,
- bottom of the inning,
- don,
- keystone state,
- rearing,
- meanspirited,
- rootstalk,
- business firm,
- heighten,
- prefiguration,
- place,
- focus,
- backcloth,
- tag,
- lift,
- communication channel,
- factor,
- nonsuch,
- master key,
- foremost,
- entryway,
- old-timer,
- direct,
- creative activity,
- firstly,
- trial,
- meter reading,
- line of business,
- nobleman,
- get down,
- sodality,
- build,
- dusty miller,
- fanny,
- military chaplain,
- erstwhile,
- annunciation,
- anatomy,
- tick,
- physical body,
- headsman,
- pulsation,
- arm,
- fundament,
- exponent,
- starting,
- joining,
- pilot,
- consociate,
- old person,
- impression,
- methuselah,
- sampling,
- cease,
- knowledgeableness,
- lookout,
- cognation,
- leg,
- shaky,
- beaten-up,
- graduation,
- spawn,
- font,
- closing,
- stigmatize,
- cross,
- maternalism,
- first of all,
- connect,
- aspiration,
- pleader,
- outcome,
- popular,
- formula,
- hunt down,
- laminitis,
- stand up,
- set about,
- tooshie,
- aurora,
- union,
- stop,
- ledger entry,
- hindquarters,
- entering,
- founding father,
- sea captain,
- dike,
- simulation,
- give,
- downslope,
- ramify,
- beach wormwood,
- die hard,
- business line,
- posture,
- lens nucleus,
- manufacturing business,
- slipstream,
- bucket along,
- fall in,
- template,
- egress,
- folk,
- drink down,
- poser,
- theoretical account,
- old boy,
- bed,
- ensue,
- god almighty,
- eggs,
- foretell,
- rear,
- aunty,
- kinsperson,
- stamp,
- family line,
- corking,
- reverberate,
- rebel,
- level,
- expiry,
- seat,
- group,
- primitive,
- scrape,
- simulate,
- play,
- cautionary,
- shank,
- sunrise,
- connectedness,
- egression,
- exercise,
- submission,
- education,
- move,
- job,
- admonition,
- sexual,
- protactinium,
- favourite,
- reconnoitre,
- sapless,
- pa system,
- usher,
- score,
- halfway,
- polarity,
- ie,
- wage increase,
- plaza,
- announce,
- monition,
- commonplace,
- precedency,
- nitty-gritty,
- shape,
- presentation,
- other,
- mountain man,
- reconnoiter,
- social occasion,
- found,
- surface,
- kinsfolk,
- nut,
- momentum,
- confidant,
- captivate,
- causing,
- condescend,
- pascal,
- engender,
- brain,
- argumentation,
- give way,
- shaper,
- ad,
- grounds,
- melodic phrase,
- melodic line,
- sidekick,
- last,
- turn tail,
- artificer,
- outdoors,
- prevail,
- straits,
- weakly,
- considerably,
- coitus,
- kin group,
- cable,
- personal line of credit,
- private,
- starting line,
- deciding,
- virgin birth,
- cozy,
- melodic theme,
- seasoned,
- melody,
- sky pilot,
- mold,
- channelize,
- sexual intercourse,
- precept,
- make,
- greybeard,
- spring up,
- design,
- initiatory,
- kill,
- remote,
- forecast,
- initiative,
- pureblood,
- strike off,
- starting signal,
- prat,
- fall flat,
- tired,
- mammilla,
- meretricious,
- admonitory,
- bag,
- scat,
- manikin,
- relate,
- lawsuit,
- low gear,
- convention,
- primary,
- mammy,
- commence,
- modelling,
- instauration,
- prove,
- musical theme,
- short letter,
- psyche,
- bring up,
- concentrate,
- rump,
- lesson,
- lad's love,
- preach,
- kickoff,
- stockpile,
- mark off,
- click,
- tempt,
- cleaning lady,
- typeface,
- punctuate,
- sis,
- hold back,
- sentry,
- personal credit line,
- grounding,
- demarcation,
- incentive,
- predictive,
- catch,
- akin,
- have,
- wage hike,
- line of merchandise,
- toss off,
- atavism,
- social function,
- steady down,
- ball,
- shopworn,
- blood-related,
- untier,
- prognostication,
- superordinate,
- figure,
- chump,
- common people,
- break of the day,
- reservoir,
- limb,
- nonesuch,
- sunup,
- organism,
- mummy,
- tit,
- point in time,
- control,
- colligate,
- existence,
- stock certificate,
- start up,
- focus on,
- typewrite,
- ass,
- free-base,
- footing,
- divine,
- center field,
- livestock,
- stalk,
- authorship,
- connective,
- melt down,
- comparative,
- worn out,
- good example,
- neural impulse,
- played out,
- tail end,
- pulsing,
- marrow,
- conceiver,
- rachitic,
- sum,
- open up,
- saint mark,
- get going,
- sistership,
- line of products,
- question,
- escape,
- movement,
- ravel,
- case in point,
- hunt,
- patsy,
- external,
- possessor,
- higher-up,
- fatigued,
- insinuate,
- rule,
- embark on,
- case,
- fall into place,
- knowledgeability,
- move up,
- old stager,
- monitory,
- advertising,
- bottomland,
- manoeuver,
- merchant ship,
- gestural,
- prognosticate,
- annunciate,
- mug,
- public address system,
- face,
- cognate,
- superannuated,
- undersurface,
- maternal quality,
- deign,
- distinguish,
- dot,
- contemporaries,
- background knowledge,
- watch,
- coach,
- dkm,
- whim,
- pedigreed,
- protoactinium,
- approach pattern,
- billet,
- remnant,
- morning,
- ladder,
- marker,
- neat,
- revolve about,
- dusty,
- saint,
- subspecies,
- decameter,
- proponent,
- intake,
- number one,
- wax,
- trashy,
- menage,
- divine guidance,
- reference,
- crisscross,
- nerve impulse,
- tonic,
- insertion,
- eccentric,
- antigenic determinant,
- speed,
- headway,
- knob,
- luff,
- gospel according to mark,
- antedate,
- baseborn,
- acclivity,
- headspring,
- kindred,
- capture,
- rush along,
- determining factor,
- mould,
- wellhead,
- trigger,
- brag,
- bow,
- headland,
- groovy,
- chassis,
- church father,
- link,
- jump,
- saltation,
- cold,
- delineate,
- airstream,
- resultant role,
- jet,
- motor,
- run for,
- cracking,
- labor union,
- break of day,
- grade,
- take off,
- deutsche mark,
- describe,
- leave,
- congener,
- rhizome,
- come down,
- prow,
- conduct,
- get,
- cheap,
- granny knot,
- banner,
- breathing in,
- loud,
- entranceway,
- flow,
- beget,
- tally,
- van,
- strain,
- phratry,
- womanhood,
- declination,
- plunge,
- feed,
- political campaign,
- meat,
- derive,
- springtime,
- buns,
- oddment,
- furrow,
- middle,
- dominating,
- read/write head,
- nascence,
- debut,
- stock up,
- low,
- percentage point,
- product line,
- centerfield,
- motivation,
- swayer,
- broker,
- prodigy,
- bell ringer,
- leap,
- item,
- motherliness,
- belt along,
- wrinkle,
- paper,
- main,
- recommend,
- running,
- intro,
- first light,
- antediluvial,
- startle,
- adumbrative,
- nock,
- mannequin,
- signalize,
- line of work,
- manakin,
- nifty,
- nominal,
- hie,
- sign-language,
- theatre,
- spotter,
- salary increase,
- practice,
- female parent,
- pour down,
- separate,
- induction,
- beginner,
- souvenir,
- forego,
- rear end,
- gaudy,
- slap-up,
- differentiate,
- raise,
- emersion,
- rail line,
- veteran soldier,
- courier,
- noble,
- suit,
- impulsion,
- scar,
- haggard,
- world,
- head start,
- go,
- lam,
- substantially,
- master copy,
- argument,
- resurrect,
- background signal,
- streamlet,
- pipeline,
- compass point,
- take a hop,
- chieftain,
- pablum,
- extraneous,
- al qaeda,
- pith,
- line of credit,
- typecast,
- portent,
- birthplace,
- hind end,
- parturition,
- orchis,
- fork,
- ramshackle,
- ancientness,
- run along,
- take root,
- of age,
- sign on,
- trite,
- relationship,
- determine,
- spent,
- pointedness,
- profligate,
- superscript,
- decametre,
- signed,
- soda pop,
- elderly,
- behind,
- root system,
- detail,
- representative,
- report,
- event,
- informal,
- component,
- fore,
- contrast,
- stain,
- blueprint,
- sexual relation,
- running play,
- traffic pattern,
- resolution,
- enamour,
- setting,
- fagged,
- atavist,
- label,
- determinative,
- lead,
- alkali,
- come home,
- home,
- agentive role,
- priority,
- genteelness,
- tie in,
- rivet,
- coition,
- soda water,
- stanch,
- pelt along,
- promulgation,
- derriere,
- senescence,
- induce,
- pennsylvania,
- depart,
- etymologizing,
- consort,
- put up,
- nan,
- replacement,
- chemical element,
- garish,
- cleaning woman,
- brassy,
- lookout man,
- bedraggled,
- break,
- intimately,
- brainchild,
- pulse,
- dandy,
- assembly line,
- passee,
- feeble,
- settle,
- sex act,
- top dog,
- emanation,
- proportional,
- reproduction,
- rise up,
- signal,
- creaky,
- cousin-german,
- inheritance,
- fertilized egg,
- melt,
- proclamation,
- semen,
- subject,
- bug,
- intercourse,
- sign of the zodiac,
- raceway,
- bespeak,
- embarkment,
- print,
- outmoded,
- penetrate,
- normal,
- preface,
- passkey,
- enamor,
- ex,
- picket,
- demode,
- good,
- grandad,
- stemma,
- peak,
- taste,
- revered,
- chum,
- keister,
- weak,
- set up,
- tacky,
- counselor,
- set in motion,
- flash,
- golden oldie,
- august,
- upgrade,
- giving birth,
- fall,
- seminal fluid,
- crusade,
- shielder,
- signboard,
- cockcrow,
- dividing line,
- climb up,
- work over,
- develop,
- sentinel,
- predict,
- play down,
- ascensive,
- deriving,
- impetus,
- get the hang,
- pass,
- atomic number 91,
- determining,
- rally,
- track down,
- destruction,
- incoming,
- testis,
- careworn,
- away,
- get-go,
- floor,
- affiliate,
- centre of attention,
- intromission,
- come out,
- ranking,
- higher-ranking,
- runnel,
- fostering,
- motif,
- old geezer,
- cave in,
- ascend,
- daybreak,
- ejaculate,
- dekametre,
- offset,
- urge,
- commencement exercise,
- tumble-down,
- finish,
- nous,
- upshot,
- ripening,
- supervisory program,
- ma,
- causa,
- godhead,
- illustration,
- consanguine,
- affair,
- karyon,
- modeling,
- cornerstone,
- set,
- counsellor,
- go up,
- halt,
- stern,
- tribe,
- char,
- center of attention,
- power point,
- capitulum,
- substance,
- banal,
- rush,
- arise,
- wash,
- bewitch,
- instance,
- bode,
- vet,
- growth,
- cum,
- advance,
- trades union,
- conceptus,
- nipple,
- copulation,
- charm,
- nascency,
- soft touch,
- fly the coop,
- bring forth,
- streak,
- warhorse,
- come before,
- subdue,
- testicle,
- break away,
- drawn,
- lead off,
- sow,
- hillbilly,
- federal agent,
- turn out,
- internal,
- skipper,
- tokenish,
- domiciliate,
- shopping center,
- suggest,
- templet,
- trace,
- resile,
- take,
- smashing,
- distributor point,
- derelict,
- premiss,
- captain,
- step on it,
- late,
- hasten,
- minister plenipotentiary,
- linage,
- uprise,
- basal,
- bulge out,
- pa.,
- furcate,
- frame,
- passe,
- function,
- nub,
- pal,
- old-fashioned,
- installation,
- decline,
- spellbind,
- running game,
- operate,
- foreman,
- effectuate,
- business,
- remainder,
- head word,
- link up,
- try out,
- tune,
- tick off,
- channelise,
- microbe,
- chemical group,
- staunch,
- trade union,
- final result,
- nucleotide,
- backdrop,
- first off,
- drumhead,
- woebegone,
- soft diet,
- persist,
- hotfoot,
- advertizing,
- declivity,
- bang-up,
- epitope,
- dog-tired,
- swell,
- desktop,
- gestation,
- nanna,
- nervous impulse,
- unfastener,
- rebound,
- sexual congress,
- foot,
- pureblooded,
- underside,
- kinship group,
- honcho,
- becharm,
- guidebook,
- material body,
- flea-bitten,
- spoon food,
- rootle,
- ply,
- store,
- force,
- accounting entry,
- seam,
- premonition,
- dying,
- bear,
- buddy,
- posterior,
- telephone line,
- framework,
- substructure,
- gist,
- cured,
- breaker point,
- lake superior,
- refrain,
- political boss,
- protrude,
- understructure,
- butt,
- pappa,
- defender,
- eruption,
- pore,
- ascension,
- notice,
- course,
- essence,
- lowly,
- overprotect,
- physique,
- institution,
- easily,
- wobbly,
- draw,
- foreland,
- base of operations,
- inaugural,
- onetime,
- bum,
- adult female,
- acclaim,
- mall,
- take to the woods,
- conception,
- procession,
- answer,
- portend,
- burden,
- bleed,
- air,
- run away,
- mamma,
- frat,
- set off,
- buy in,
- writer,
- maneuver,
- lean,
- natural spring,
- beat,
- determiner,
- bless,
- knowledgeable,
- surmount,
- out-of-door,
- get through,
- ingredient,
- innovation,
- stem turn,
- bully,
- recounting,
- cost increase,
- take up,
- unravel,
- bounce,
- flop,
- previous,
- scarper,
- unveiling,
- touchstone,
- outgrowth,
- consanguineous,
- overcome,
- revolutionary,
- initiate,
- soda,
- demise,
- head for the hills,
- startup,
- flashy,
- beingness,
- topic,
- internet explorer,
- sr.,
- backwoodsman,
- fair sex,
- oral sex,
- settle down,
- motivating,
- apotheosis,
- substitution class,
- snapper,
- mind,
- immersion,
- versed,
- endure,
- nates,
- leaping,
- test,
- heart and soul,
- rake,
- foot race,
- cell nucleus,
- beguile,
- procreation,
- image,
- gentility,
- generate,
- extremist,
- radiation pattern,
- mansion,
- birthing,
- outpouring,
- repoint,
- character,
- connecter,
- check,
- part,
- heading,
- phone line,
- causal agent,
- mama,
- antediluvian patriarch,
- tend,
- dayspring,
- screen background,
- work,
- pop music,
- prefigure,
- commencement ceremony,
- scratch,
- macrocosm,
- exhausted,
- humble,
- epitome,
- common law,
- bunk,
- association,
- railway line,
- production line,
- popping,
- crinkle,
- get over,
- head up,
- tribal chief,
- pit,
- blood line,
- absinthe,
- stimulate,
- showtime,
- bull's eye,
- neckcloth,
- termination,
- sample distribution,
- auspicate,
- blood kinship,
- mangey,
- jehovah,
- header,
- degree,
- facts of life,
- tail,
- starting time,
- marking,
- agate line,
- passe-partout,
- deutschmark,
- stigma,
- revolve around,
- full cousin,
- spot,
- pop up,
- trance,
- al qaida,
- midway,
- fathom,
- auntie,
- pose,
- terminate,
- come up,
- keen,
- cross off,
- mean,
- cross out,
- idealistic,
- ripened,
- momma,
- conclusion,
- set out,
- drum up,
- multiplication,
- bod,
- scope,
- cover,
- denounce,
- cutting edge,
- rationale,
- out of doors,
- can,
- bound,
- full stop,
- need,
- signalise,
- crease,
- pregnancy,
- caudex,
- sucker,
- constituent,
- ascent,
- drive,
- ascending,
- envoi,
- mum,
- check off,
- extend,
- stager,
- charge,
- bug out,
- launching,
- great,
- reason,
- steer,
- boarding,
- hackneyed,
- prefigurative,
- entree,
- associate degree,
- adventurer,
- upbringing,
- range,
- advantageously,
- take form,
- comrade,
- line of reasoning,
- raising,
- number 1,
- almighty,
- tip,
- bringing up,
- taper,
- world-class,
- professional,
- theater,
- forgo,
- protector,
- causal agency,
- gm,
- sharpen,
- begin,
- augur,
- execute,
- inner,
- international,
- footrace,
- connector,
- full point,
- manufacturer.
How to use "Ancestor" in context?
When we think of our ancestors, we probably think of people who are long gone, who left us behind in time. But in a way, our ancestors are with us always. By looking at their genes, we can glean things about their health, their diet, and even their ancestry. Ancestors are a part of our lives, and they contribute to who we are today.
Paraphrases for Ancestor:
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
grandfather, progenitor.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Adjective
ancestral.
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Noun, singular or mass
ancestry, ascendancy, ascendant, forerunner, old-timer, predecessor.
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Adjective
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Hypernym for Ancestor:
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person
primogenitor, progenitor, father, forefather, foremother, ancestress, sire, forebear, forbear.
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person
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- Synonyms:
- accessory, contributive, contributory, helpful, leading, promotive, tending, useful, calculated to produce, productive of.
