NOUN | person | forebear, forbear | a person from whom you are descended |
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Sounds | fao'rbeh.r | |
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Rhymes | affair ... wheelchair: 116 rhymes with ehr... |
Meaning | A person from whom you are descended. | |
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Synonym | forbear | |
Narrower | grandparent | A parent of your father or mother |
great grandparent | A parent of your grandparent | |
Broader | ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) |
Spanish | antepasado |
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