ANCESTRESSES Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

ancestresses

noun

plural of ancestress

as in grandmothers

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Noun

Tyler told her the procession put a smile on everyone’s face, particularly when the grandmothers abandoned the usual petal-tossing technique and began throwing flowers at the guests instead.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
The Role of Early Bonding With Grandparents The preference for maternal grandparents may start early, with maternal grandmothers anecdotally being more likely to be invited into the delivery room.

— Susan Adcox, Parents, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of grandmothers

Noun

Eagle hopes to use the same technique to suss out the body temperatures of avian dinosaurs and ancient mammalian ancestors next.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2026
The group includes people whose ancestors come from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of ancestors

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Watching their metronomic thriller does more to suggest the arrival of a hyper-sexualized answer to the Coen brothers than the progeny of William Gibson or the progenitors of multiplex psychedelia.

— Nick Newman, IndieWire, 1 June 2026
Its story of five girls — all navigating preteenagerdom under the stewardship of their tragically well-meaning white dads — stands firmly on its own legs, even staring down some of its progenitors.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 May 2026

Definition of progenitors

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But the truth is that our forefathers were sufficiently individualistic to be iconoclastic.

— Colin Fleming, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026
Our economic systems are not serving the people who live here, whose forefathers established this new republic, and our grandparents actualized the peak of its success.

— Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026

Definition of forefathers

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His grandfathers are former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr and Tom Curtis, an All-America defensive back for the Wolverines, and his brother is Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Nearly a century after his great-grandfathers played college football, USC freshman defensive lineman Luke Wafle is emerging as a generational talent.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

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