forebear
forebear
nounDefinition 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
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