Ancestral Synonyms and Antonyms

ăn-sĕstrəl
Of or from one's ancestors
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. hereditary
  2. patrimonial
  3. inherited
  4. transmissible
  5. familial
  6. parental
  7. paternal
  8. maternal
  9. genealogical
  10. family
  11. inborn
  12. innate
  13. inbred
  14. congenital
  15. genetic
  16. running in the family
  17. lineal
  18. belonging to the family
  19. tribal
  20. totemic
  21. consanguineous
  22. affiliated
  23. past
  24. old
  25. atavistic
  26. bequeathed
  27. handed-down
  28. in the family
  29. grandfatherly
  30. grandparental
  31. motherlike
Antonyms:
  1. precursory

Words Related to Ancestral

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Ancestral Sentence Examples

  • Ancestral estate was 'strictly tied to the family.

  • In other respects the palaeotheres resemble the ancestral horses.

  • The city of Bamberg grew up around the ancestral castle of the family.

  • The resulting matches will include trees from the Pedigree Resource, the International Genealogical Index and the Ancestral File.

  • This website is a good place to start if you are new to family history research, as there is a free downloadable family research program called the Personal Ancestral File or PAF available for Windows in 10 languages.

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