Ancestors Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Ancestors

ascendants
An ancestor (antonym of descendant)
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sires
(Old Poet.) A father or forefather
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prototypes
An early sample or model built to test a concept or process
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stemmas
A family tree or recorded genealogy
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progenitors
An originator; a founder:
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predecessors
An ancestor; forefather
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eves
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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precursors
Precursor is defined as something that led to the creation of something similar but new.
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pedigrees
Descent; lineage; ancestry
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patriarchs
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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paternities
Parental descent from a father
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lineages
Ancestry; family; stock
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genealogies
Descent from an ancestor; pedigree; lineage
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forefathers
An ancestor
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extractions
The act or process of extracting; specif., the extracting of a tooth by a dentist
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elders
A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments.
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derivations
Derivation is defined as something that is inspired by another source, or to the origin of something.
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cults
A system of religious worship or ritual
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ancestries
Family descent or lineage
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originators
Someone who originates, creates or founds something.
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authors
Author is defined as someone who creates or writes something.
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mothers
(Short for) mother of vinegar
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fathers
An adoptive father
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parents
A mother or father
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relatives
A person who is akin to another by virtue of blood; that is a blood relation, such as sister, brother, aunt, uncle, parent, child, and so on.
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patresfamilias
The father of a family; male head of a household
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grandmothers
A mother of someone's parent.
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grandfathers
A father of someone’s parent.
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conceiver
One who, or that which, conceives.
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inaugurator
Agent noun of inaugurate; one who inaugurates.
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institutor
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roots
The definition of a root is the part of the plant that is generally underground or the origin of something.
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Antonyms for Ancestors

descendants
A person who is an offspring, however remote, of a certain ancestor, family, group, etc.
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Words Related to Ancestors

kins
One's relatives or family:
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Ancestors Sentence Examples

  • If their ancestors had been carried out to sea once or twice by a flood and safely drifted as far as the Galapagos Islands" (Wallace), "they must have been numerous on the continent" (Rothschild and Hartert).

  • At the graves of national heroes or ancestors worship was paid.

  • It had ancestors in a flourishing condition during the Secondary epoch.

  • His ancestors, it is believed, came from Scotland, and settled at Bayonne when that region was occupied by the English.

  • Brauer, that the Thysanura represent more nearly than any other existing insects the ancestors of the class, has been accepted by the great majority of students.

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