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ancestor
Synonyms and Antonyms of ancestor
1
a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent
father, forebear (also forbear), forebearer, forefather, grandfather, primogenitor, progenitor
antecessor, predecessor [archaic]
ancestress, foremother, grandmother, matriarch
descendant (also descendent)
2
something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed
antecedent, archetype, daddy, foregoer, forerunner, granddaddy (also grandaddy), precursor, predecessor, prototype
descendant (also descendent)
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