forebear

forebear

noun

Definition of FOREBEAR

a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent <his forebears came to America on the Mayflower>

Synonyms father, forebear (also forbear), forebearer, forefather, grandfather, primogenitor, progenitor

Related Words antecessor, predecessor [archaic]; ancestress, foremother, grandmother, matriarch; grandsire [archaic], patriarch, sire [archaic]; ancestry, antecedents, roots

Near Antonyms children, family, issue, lineage, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed, stock; daughter, heir, inheritor, scion, son, successor

Antonyms descendant (also descendent)

Variants of FOREBEAR

forebear also forbear