Related Words for forebear

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WordSyllablesCategories
forbear
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Noun, Verb
refrain
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Verb, Noun
predecessor
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Noun
ancestor
/xx
Noun
descendant
x/x
Noun
progenitor
x/xx
Noun
descendent
x/x
Noun
namesake
/x
Noun
contemporaries
x/xxx
Noun
forerunner
/xx
Noun
kinsman
/x
Noun
lineage
/xx
Noun
inheritor
x/xx
Noun
illustrious
x/xx
Adjective
ancestral
x/x
Adjective
cousin
/x
Noun
successor
x/x
Noun
antecedents
xx/x
Noun
grandfather
/xx
Noun
counterpart
/xx
Noun
offshoot
/x
Noun
homage
/x
Noun
ancestry
/xx
Noun
sibling
/x
Noun
compatriot
x/xx
Noun
progeny
/xx
Noun
granddaddy
/xx
Noun
countryman
/xx
Noun
paternal
x/x
Noun
offspring
/x
Noun
harking
/x
Verb
contemporaneous
xxx/xx
Adjective
father
/x
Noun
brother
/x
Noun
venerable
/xxx
Noun
pedigree
/xx
Noun
bloodline
/x
Noun
famed
/
Adjective
incarnation
x//x
Noun
heritage
/xx
Noun
onetime
//
Adjective
parentage
/xx
Noun
patriarch
/xx
Noun
antediluvian
/xx/xx
Adjective
erstwhile
/x
Noun
legacy
/xx
Noun
kinship
/x
Noun
plebeian
x/x
Adjective
ascendant
x/x
Noun
elder
/x
Noun
precursor
x/x
Noun
protoplast
xxx
Noun
parent
/x
Noun
pioneer
xx/
Noun
firstborn
//
Noun
blood relative
//xx
Phrase, Noun
uncle
/x
Noun
prelude
/x
Noun
grandparent
/xx
Noun
stepfather
/xx
Noun
grand
/
Noun
heir
/
Noun
originator
x/xxx
Noun
sire
/x
Noun
pathfinder
/xx
Noun
old man
//
Name, Name
father figure
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
former
/x
Noun
herald
/x
Name
grandchild
/x
Noun
harbinger
/xx
Noun
survivor
x/x
Noun
posterity
x/xx
Noun
eldest
/x
Noun
mine
/
Noun
family
/xx
Noun
distinguished
x/x
Adjective
name
/
Noun
famous
/x
Adjective
distant
/x
Adjective
literary
/xxx
Adjective
intellectual
xx/xx
Adjective
spiritual
/xxx
Adjective
earliest
/xx
Adjective
immediate
x/xx
Adjective
medieval
x/x
Adjective
direct
x/
Adjective
ancient
/x
Adjective
was
/
Verb
great
/
Adjective
common
/x
Adjective
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
authors
/x
Adverb
founder
/x
Noun, Verb
help
/
Verb, Noun
heroes
/x
Noun
let it go
///
Phrase, Noun
move
/
Verb, Noun
poet
/x
Noun
sit out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
stand by
//
Phrase, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
anymore
xx/
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
headlines
/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun