Words Like ANCESTRY

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

21 Alternative Words Similar to ancestry

1 Lineage Noun      Synonym Words Like Lineage
2 Line Noun      Synonym Words Like Line
3 Descent Noun      Synonym Words Like Descent
4 Bloodline Noun      Synonym Words Like Bloodline
5 Blood Noun      Synonym Words Like Blood
6 Pedigree Noun      Synonym Words Like Pedigree
7 Origin Noun      Synonym Words Like Origin
8 Parentage Noun      Synonym Words Like Parentage
9 Stemma Noun      Synonym Words Like Stemma
10 Stock Noun      Synonym Words Like Stock
11 Derivation Noun      Synonym Words Like Derivation
12 Filiation Noun      Synonym Words Like Filiation
13 Genealogy Noun      Synonym Words Like Genealogy
14 Extraction Noun      Hyponym Words Like Extraction
15 Side Noun      Hyponym Words Like Side
16 Folk Noun      Hyponym Words Like Folk
17 Family Noun      Hyponym Words Like Family
18 Phratry Noun      Hyponym Words Like Phratry
19 Sept Noun      Hyponym Words Like Sept
20 Kinfolk Noun      Hyponym Words Like Kinfolk
21 Kinsfolk Noun      Hyponym Words Like Kinsfolk

9 definitions of ancestry

1 Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
2 A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
3 inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
4 the descendants of one individual
5 Ancestral descent or lineage.
6 Ancestors considered as a group.
7 A series or line of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose a preceding line of natural descent.
8 Hence Descent from a line of honorable ancestors; high birth.
9 In biology, the series of ancestors or ancestral types through which an organized being may have come to be what it is in the process of evolution.
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