| NOUN | person | ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) |
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| Sounds | ae'nseh.ster | |
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| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent). | |
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| Synonyms | ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root | |
| Narrower | ancestress | A woman ancestor |
| forebear, forbear | A person from whom you are descended | |
| forefather, father, sire | The founder of a family | |
| foremother | A woman ancestor | |
| progenitor, primogenitor | An ancestor in the direct line | |
| Broader | relative, relation | A person related by blood or marriage |
| Opposite | descendant, descendent | A person considered as descended from some ancestor or race |
| Spanish | ancestra, ancestro, antecesor, antepasada, antepasado, ascendente, ascendiente, progenitor | |
| Catalan | ancestre, antecessor, ascendent, avantpassat, progenitor | |
| Adjectives | ancestral | of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor |
| ancestral | inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent | |
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