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bloodline

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bloodline

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
  • came from a bloodline that could be traced back to the 12th century
Synonyms of bloodline

ancestry, birth, blood, breeding, descent, extraction, family tree, genealogy, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock, strain
Words Related to bloodline

heredity, succession

family, house

kin, kindred, relations, relatives

race
Near Antonyms of bloodline

offspring

child, heir, inheritor, son, successor
Antonyms of bloodline

issue, posterity, progeny, seed

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