Thesaurus:ancestor
THESAURUS | ancestor |
English
Synonyms
- ancestor
- antecedent
- ascendant
- ascendent
- forebear
- forefather
- forerunner
- fore-elder (UK dialect)
- progenitor
Antonyms
- afterbear
- descendant
Hyponyms
- parent
- father [WS]
- mother [WS]
- —
- grandparent
- grandfather [WS]
- grandmother [WS]
- —
- great-grandparent
- great-grandfather
- great-grandmother
- —
- great-great-grandparent
- great-great-grandfather
- great-great-grandmother
Hypernyms
- predecessor [WS]
- relative [WS]
Holonyms
- family
Further reading
- “166. paternity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “ancestor” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.