Synonyms for Forefather:

• n.

  •
  • precede,
  • predecessor,
  • antecedent,
  • kin.
  •ancestor (noun)
  • forerunner,
  • founder.
  •ascendant (noun)
  • father,
  • mother,
  • forbear.
  •father (noun)
  • sire.
  •forebear (noun)
  • fore-bears,
  • fore-bear,
  • fore bear,
  • fore bears.
  •forefather (noun)
  • patriarch,
  • forebearer.
  •grandfather (noun)
  • granddaddy,
  • granddads,
  • pap,
  • grand-dad,
  • grand father,
  • granddad,
  • paternal forebear,
  • gramps,
  • grandpa,
  • grandpas,
  • grandpappies,
  • granddaddies,
  • elder,
  • grandpappy.
  •parentage (noun)
  • seed,
  • Family,
  • birth,
  • bloodline.
  •paternity (noun)
  • maker,
  • author,
  • responsibility,
  • producer,
  • paternity,
  • creator,
  • engenderer,
  • parent.
  •progenitor (noun)
  • originator.
  •sire (noun)
  • lord,
  • pater.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • ancestor,
  • ancestry,
  • ascendant,
  • ascendent,
  • begetter,
  • forebear,
  • forefather,
  • foremother,
  • grandfather,
  • parentage,
  • precursor,
  • primogenitor,
  • progenitor,
  • Antecessor,
  • Foregoer,
  • Procreator,
  • antecessors,
  • founders,
  • origins,
  • primogenitors,
  • begetters,
  • forefathers,
  • Fore-mother,
  • foremothers,
  • procreators,
  • paters.

Antonyms for Forefather:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    stock, successor, lineage, descendant, son, offspring, scion, daughter, heir, inheritor.

Hypernym for Forefather:

• n.

  • person
    patriarch.

Hyponym for Forefather:

• n.

  • person
    ascendant, predecessor, ascendent, root, ancestor, antecedent.