Synonyms for Ancestors:

• n.

  •family (noun)
  • fore bears,
  • fore-bears,
  • ex-tractions,
  • in-heritance,
  • inlaws,
  • heirs assign,
  • de scents,
  • kith kin,
  • de scent,
  • heirs assigns,
  • sub-divisions,
  • sub-division,
  • ex-traction,
  • in heritances,
  • in heritance,
  • pro genitors,
  • fore bear,
  • in law,
  • pro-genitor,
  • sub divisions,
  • de-scent,
  • in-heritances,
  • pro genitor,
  • ex traction,
  • de-scents,
  • pro-genitors,
  • ex tractions,
  • sub division,
  • in laws,
  • fore-bear,
  • heirs and assign.
  •precursors (noun)
  • foreshadowers,
  • pioneers,
  • precedents,
  • predecessors,
  • founders,
  • forerunners,
  • originators,
  • forebears,
  • prototypes,
  • antecedents,
  • antecessors,
  • harbingers,
  • trailblazers,
  • precursors,
  • scouts.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • lineage.

Paraphrases for Ancestors:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, plural
    great-grandfathers, forefathers.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    progenitors, grandfathers, grandparents, forebears, Fathers, forbears.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, plural
    ancients, Veterans, elders.
  • Proper noun, singular
    patriarch, MATSU, king, TSO, mazu, Zubin, Cho, ZOU, John, river, zu, Joe.
  • Noun, plural
    descendants, descendents, antecedents, roots, seniors, origins, origines, progenies, heirs, Parents, founders, downdrafts, affiliations, homelands, elders, nuclides, advances, beginnings, backgrounds, people.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    ancestry.
  • Noun, plural
    ancestries, predecessors, ascendants, DADS, Relatives.

Ancestors Sentence Examples:

• At any rate, it is certain that my boy dwelt most of his time amid shadows that were, perhaps, projected over his narrow outlook from some former state of being, or from the gloomy minds of long - dead ancestors.

• New Year's Day is termed Shihohai, and on it the Emperor prays to all his ancestors for a peaceful reign.

Homophones for Ancestors:

• angostura, annunciatory, anise tree, annunciator, ancestry, aminoaciduria.