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| Main Entry: |
ancestor
 [an-ses-ter or, especially Brit., -suh-ster] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predecessor in family |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, antecessor, ascendant, forebear, forefather, foregoer, foremother, forerunner, founder, precursor, primogenitor, progenitor |
| Antonyms: | descendant |
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| Main Entry: | antecedent(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predecessor(s) in family |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, ancestry, antecessor, blood, descent, extraction, forebears, forefather/mother, genealogy, line, primogenitor, progenitor, stock |
| Antonyms: | descendant |
| Main Entry: | elder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | older person |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, ancient, forebearer, golden ager, matriarch, old fogey, oldest, oldster, patriarch, senior, senior citizen, superior, veteran |
| Notes: | elder is used when precedence with respect to birth order is the point; older is used when the point is seniority with respect to age |
| Antonyms: | junior, minor, youngster, youth |
Example Sentences
- Its primitive anatomy, he contends, suggests a species predating the common ancestor of the human and chimpanzee family trees.
- Don't feel bad about it, you could be bowing to your ancestor.
- But each test can trace only one lineage back to a single ancestor.
| Main Entry: | family |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kin, offspring; classification |
| Synonyms: | ancestors, ancestry, birth, blood, brood, children, clan, class, descendants, descent, dynasty, extraction, folk, forebears, genealogy, generations, genre, group, heirs and assigns, house, household, in-laws, inheritance, issue, kind, kindred, kith and kin, line, lineage, ménage, network, parentage, pedigree, people, progenitors, progeny, race, relations, relationship, relatives, siblings, strain, subdivision, system, tribe |
| Main Entry: | father |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | male person who begets children |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, begetter, dad, daddy, forebearer, origin, pa, padre, papa, parent, pop*, predecessor, procreator, progenitor, sire, source |
| Antonyms: | mother |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forebearer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family predecessor |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, author, begetter, forerunner, founder, materfamilias, matriarch, originator, parent, paterfamilias, patriarch, precursor, primogenitor, procreator, progenitor, relative, sire |
| Main Entry: | forerunner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | messenger, herald |
| Synonyms: | advertiser, advocate, ancestor, announcer, author, envoy, forebearer, foregoer, harbinger, initiator, originator, pioneer, precursor, progenitor, prognostic, prototype |
| Main Entry: | mother |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | female person who has borne children |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, child-bearer, creator, forebearer, mom, mommy, origin, parent, predecessor, procreator, progenitor, source |
| Antonyms: | father |
| Main Entry: | origin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cause, basis |
| Synonyms: | agent, ancestor, ancestry, antecedent, author, base, causality, causation, connection, creator, derivation, determinant, egg, element, embryo, fountain, generator, germ, horse's mouth, impulse, inception, inducement, influence, inspiration, mainspring, motive, nucleus, occasion, parent, parentage, principle, producer, progenitor, provenance, provenience, root, roots, seed, source, spring, stock, well, wellspring |
| Antonyms: | consequence, destiny, effect, goal, outcome, outgrowth, result |
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