Another word for ancestor
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Noun
A person from whom one is descended
- One who precedes another in time, especially in holding an office or position.
- Something that has been succeeded by another:
- An ancestor; a forebear.
- A direct ancestor.
- An originator of a line of descent; a precursor.
- An originator; a founder:
- A female person whose egg unites with a sperm or a male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child or the birth of a child.
- A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child except when someone else has legal rights to the child.
- A person who adopts a child.
- A stringy slime composed of yeast cells and bacteria that forms on the surface of fermenting liquids and is added to wine or cider to start the production of vinegar.
- A woman ancestor.
- An ancestor.
- A person who is from an earlier time and has originated or contributed to a common tradition shared by a particular group.
- A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor.
- A male whose sperm unites with an egg, producing an embryo.
- A male whose impregnation of a female results in the birth of a child.
- A man who adopts a child.
- Inclining or moving upward; ascending or rising.
- Dominant in position or influence; superior.
- The position or state of being dominant or in control:
- Going before; preceding.
- One that precedes another.
- A preceding occurrence, cause, or event.
One that precedes, as in time
- A direct ancestor.
- An originator of a line of descent; a precursor.
- An originator; a founder:
- One who precedes another in time, especially in holding an office or position.
- Something that has been succeeded by another:
- An ancestor; a forebear.
- One that precedes and indicates, suggests, or announces someone or something to come:
- One that precedes another; a forerunner or predecessor:
- A biochemical substance, such as an intermediate compound in a chain of enzymatic reactions, from which a more stable or definitive product is formed:
- One that precedes, as in time; a predecessor.
- An ancestor; a forebear.
- One that comes before and indicates the approach of another; a harbinger.
- Going before; preceding.
- One that precedes another.
- A preceding occurrence, cause, or event.
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Another word for ancestor
Noun
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- A grandmother.
- A grandfather.
- A female relative.
- A woman sharing the same racial, cultural, or national background as another.
- A male relative.
- A man sharing the same racial, cultural, or national background as another.
- To sink below the surface of the water:
- To cave in; sink:
- To fail utterly; collapse:
- A procreator; one who begets.
- (figuratively) An originator; a creator.
- Considered in comparison or relation to something else:
- Having pertinence or relevance; connected or related:
- Referring to or qualifying an antecedent, as the pronoun who in the man who was on TV or that in the dictionary that I use.
- A woman who is the head of a household or the mother of a family.
- A man who is the head of a household or the father of a family.
- A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe.
- One of the antediluvian progenitors of the human race, from Adam to Noah.
- Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or any of Jacob's 12 sons, the eponymous progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel.
- A woman who rules a family, clan, or tribe.
- A woman who dominates a group or an activity.
- A highly respected woman who is a mother.
- One who procreates; a father or mother.
- (figuratively) One who originates or creates something.
- The mother of one's father or mother.
- A female ancestor.
- The father of one's mother or father.
- A forefather; an ancestor.
- To exempt (someone or something) from a new regulation that prohibits or restricts something:
- The earliest ancestor.
- An ancestor or forebear.
- An original type, form, or instance serving as a basis or standard:
- An original, full-scale, and usually working model of a new product or new version of an existing product.
- A typical example of a class or category:
- One that precedes and indicates, suggests, or announces someone or something to come:
- One that precedes another; a forerunner or predecessor:
- A biochemical substance, such as an intermediate compound in a chain of enzymatic reactions, from which a more stable or definitive product is formed:
- Someone who originates, creates or founds something.
- One who precedes another in time, especially in holding an office or position.
- Something that has been succeeded by another:
- An ancestor; a forebear.
- The writer of a book, article, or other text.
- One who practices writing as a profession.
- One who writes or constructs an electronic document or system, such as a website.
- One that precedes, as in time; a predecessor.
- An ancestor; a forebear.
- One that comes before and indicates the approach of another; a harbinger.
- The male grandparent of an animal, especially a domesticated animal such as a horse.
- A grandfather.
- A male ancestor; a forefather.
- A biological father.
- The male parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal.
- The plant or gamete responsible for fertilizing an ovule that develops into a seed.
- A stringy slime composed of yeast cells and bacteria that forms on the surface of fermenting liquids and is added to wine or cider to start the production of vinegar.
- A male whose sperm unites with an egg, producing an embryo.
- A male whose impregnation of a female results in the birth of a child.
- A man who adopts a child.
- A female person whose egg unites with a sperm or a male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child or the birth of a child.
- A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child except when someone else has legal rights to the child.
- A person who adopts a child.
- An ancestor.
- A person who is from an earlier time and has originated or contributed to a common tradition shared by a particular group.
- A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor.
- A direct ancestor.
- An originator of a line of descent; a precursor.
- An originator; a founder:
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