Ancestor synonyms

founder of the family

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forefather

Cultural ancestor; one who originated an idea or tradition.

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progenitor

The definition of a progenitor is a direct ancestor, or source from which something develops.

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root

The essential part or element; the basic core:

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forerunner

Forerunner is defined as something or someone that goes before to tells that something or someone is coming.

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originator

Someone who originates, creates or founds something.

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founder

The definition of a founder is the person who discovers or establishes something.

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forebear

The definition of a forebear is a person's ancestor.

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mother

A woman who gives birth to a child.

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predecessor

A thing followed or replaced by another thing, as in use

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ancestors (related)

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monophyletic

Relating to a taxonomic group that contains all the descendants of a single common ancestor. All clades , such as birds and placental mammals, are monophyletic.

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ancestral (related)

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antecedent

(Gram.) The word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers

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lineage (related)

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primogenitor

The earliest ancestor.

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pedigree

The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc. [from 16th c.]

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cousin (related)

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decendants (related)

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kinfolk (related)

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precursor

The definition of a precursor is something or someone that came before.

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cult

A system or community of religious worship and ritual.

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ascendant

Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.

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parent

A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.

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descendant (related)

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materfamilias

The female head of a household

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relative

(Grammar) A relative pronoun.

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begetter

A procreator; one who begets.

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kinsman

A man sharing the same racial, cultural, or national background as another.

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kinswoman

A female relative.

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grandpa

(Informal) grandfather

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grandma

The name used for one's grandma

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agnate

(Linguistics) Having a similar semantic meaning.

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ancestorial

Ancestral.

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atavic

Ancestral, atavistic

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cognate

Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.

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consanguineous

Having the same ancestor; closely related

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genealogical

Tracing a line of descent

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hereditary

The definition of hereditary refers to something inherited through the family or passed down through the family.

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polyphyletic

Relating to a taxonomic group that does not include the common ancestor of the members of the group and whose members have two or more separate origins. A group that consists of flying vertebrates would be polyphyletic, as bats and birds independently evolved flight and do not share a common ancestor.

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progenitive

Being able to produce offspring, reproductive

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progenitorial

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adam

(Name, person, proper) A masculine name

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ancestry

A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.

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antecessor

1890, Grant Allen, The Great Taboo:

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atavism

Appearance in an individual of some characteristic found in a remote ancestor but not in nearer ancestors

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clade

A group of living organisms that includes all the descendants sharing specific genetic traits of a common ancestor

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derivation

The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root.

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elder

(US, Mormonism) One ordained to the lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.

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eve

Eve is defined as evening, or the day or night before a holiday, or the period of time before an event.

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extraction

(Military) An act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.

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forbear

Alternative spelling of forebear.

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genealogy

The definition of genealogy is the study of your ancestry and family history.

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paternity

Authorship; origin.

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stemma

One of the types of simple eyes in arthropods

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father

A male parent of an animal.

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foremother

A female ancestor.

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precede (related)

precede (plural precedes) Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)

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descendent (related)

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grandfather (related)

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sire

A biological father.

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grandsire

The male grandparent of an animal, especially a domesticated animal such as a horse.

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author

The works of an author or authors.

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prototype

A person or thing that serves as a model for one of a later period

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grandmother

Grandmother is the mother of one of your parents.

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procreator

One who procreates; a father or mother.

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matriarch

A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.

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patriarch

The father and ruler of a family or tribe, as one of the founders of the ancient Hebrew families: in the Bible, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob's twelve sons were patriarchs

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paterfamilias

A man who is the head of a household or the father of a family.

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atavistic

Of a throwback or exhibiting primitivism.

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kin (related)

Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.

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ascendent

A person from whom one is descended.

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buccinator

The flat muscle of the cheek, which compresses it and retracts the corners of the mouth

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progenitress

A female progenitor

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progenitrix

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