What is another word for ancestor?
Synonyms for ancestor
ˈæn sɛs tər; esp. Brit. -sə stəran·ces·tor
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Princeton's WordNet
ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, rootnoun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Synonyms:
theme, rootage, radical, ascendant, antecedent, etymon, base, beginning, solution, origin, stem, root, source, tooth root, ascendent, forerunner, root wordAntonyms:
descendent, descendant
Dictionary of English Synonymes
ancestornoun
Synonyms:
forefather, progenitor, father
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
ancestornoun
Synonyms:
forefather, progenitor, primogenitor, forbearAssociated words:
atavic, atavism, lineal, collateral, hereditary, heredity, genealogy, genealogist
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "ancestor":
progenitor, ascendant, forerunner, predecessor, ancestral, old-timer, ascendancy, ancestry
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#419 | source | |
#988 | base | |
#1091 | solution | |
#1674 | beginning | |
#1955 | root | |
#2168 | theme | |
#2518 | origin | |
#5836 | stem | |
#6963 | radical | |
#12080 | ancestry | |
#17599 | ancestor | |
#17648 | predecessor | |
#22771 | ancestral | |
#29136 | ascendant | |
#37504 | forerunner | |
#44502 | antecedent | |
#45158 | progenitor | |
#62732 | ascendancy | |
#168231 | ascendent |
How to use ancestor in a sentence?
When I first heard the minstrel banjo - I played a gourd first - I almost lost my mind. I was like, Oh, my god. And then I went to Africa, to the Gambia, and studied the akonting, which is an ancestor of the banjo, and just that connection to me was just immense.
Proterocladus antiquus is a close relative of the ancestor of all green plants alive today.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
Ancestor worship must be an appealing idea to those who are about to become ancestors.
Because they are isolated, they retain whatever genetics was in their ancestor and great ancestors, the Patagonian sheepdog comes the closest to anything anyone has ever seen and that's what makes them so fascinating.
Translations for ancestor
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- سلفArabic
- про́дакBelarusian
- прародител, предшественик, праотецBulgarian
- avantpassatCatalan, Valencian
- předekCzech
- Urahne, Ahn, Urahn, Stammmutter, Ahne, Vorfahrin, Ahnin, Vorfahr, StammvaterGerman
- tɔgbuiEwe
- πρόγονος, προπάτοραςGreek
- prauloEsperanto
- antepasado, ancestroSpanish
- esivanemEstonian
- esi-isä, esivanhemmatFinnish
- ancêtreFrench
- sinsearach, sinsearIrish
- sinnsearScottish Gaelic
- ős, előd, felmenőHungarian
- նախնի, նախահայրArmenian
- leluhurIndonesian
- ancestroIdo
- avo, antenato, abiatico, ascendenteItalian
- 先祖, 祖先Japanese
- 祖先, 조상Korean
- با وباپیرKurdish
- progenitrix, progenitorLatin
- sence, sencisLatvian
- предокMacedonian
- nenek moyang, leluhurMalay
- voorloper, voorouderDutch
- przodekPolish
- ancestralPortuguese
- strămoșRomanian
- пращур, прародитель, праотец, предшественник, предокRussian
- praotac, predak, предак, претка, прародитељ, pretka, predkinja, праотац, praroditelj, предкиња, pramajka, прамајкаSerbo-Croatian
- මුතුන් මිත්තෝSinhala, Sinhalese
- predokSlovak
- prédnik, prédnicaSlovene
- förfaderSwedish
- ataTurkish
- предокUkrainian
- tổ tiên, 祖先Vietnamese
- hibüröletan, büröletan, jibüröletanVolapük
- 祖先Chinese
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