Words Like ANCESTOR

We have put together a list of words that are similar to ANCESTOR.

10 Alternative Words Similar to ancestor

1 Ascendant Noun      Synonym Words Like Ascendant
2 Ascendent Noun      Synonym Words Like Ascendent
3 Antecedent Noun      Synonym Words Like Antecedent
4 Root Noun      Synonym Words Like Root
5 Relation Noun      Synonym Words Like Relation
6 Relative Noun      Synonym Words Like Relative
7 Descendant Noun      Antonym Words Like Descendant
8 Ancestress Noun      Hyponym Words Like Ancestress
9 Forbear Noun      Hyponym Words Like Forbear
10 Foremother Noun      Hyponym Words Like Foremother

1 examples of ancestor

1 this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse

10 definitions of ancestor

1 One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.
2 An earlier type; a progenitor.
3 One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.
4 someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
5 A person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.
6 A forerunner or predecessor.
7 Law The person from whom an estate has been inherited.
8 Biology The actual or hypothetical organism or stock from which later kinds evolved.
9 One from whom a person is descended in the line of either father or mother; a forefather; a progenitor.
10 In law, one, whether a progenitor or a collateral relative, who has preceded another in the course of inheritance; one from whom an inheritance is derived: the correlative of heir: sometimes used specifically of the immediate progenitor.
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