Thesaurus:ancestor

Thesaurus

ancestor

English

Noun

Sense: one from whom a person is descended

Synonyms

• ancestor
• antecedent
• ascendant
• ascendent
• forebear
• forefather
• forerunner
• fore-elder (UK dialect)
• progenitor

Antonyms

• afterbear
• descendant

Hyponyms

• parent
• father    [⇒ thesaurus]
• mother    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• grandparent
• grandfather    [⇒ thesaurus]
• grandmother    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• great-grandparent
• great-grandfather
• great-grandmother
•   —
• great-great-grandparent
• great-great-grandfather
• great-great-grandmother

Hypernyms

• predecessor    [⇒ thesaurus]
• relative    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• family    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “166. paternity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “ancestor” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.