Synonyms of bloodlines

bloodlines

noun

plural of bloodline

as in pedigrees

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended

came from a bloodline that could be traced back to the 12th century

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pedigrees
• lineages
• ancestries
• genealogies
• origins
• families
• breedings
• blood
• descents
• births
• extractions
• strains
• stocks
• family trees
• lines
• parentages
• relatives
• races
• relations
• successions
• houses
• kindreds
• kins
• heredities

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• issues
• seed
• offspring
• progenies
• sons
• posterities
• children
• heirs
• successors
• inheritors

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bloodlines

Now, after spending this year’s third-round pick on Barry Bonds’ nephew, outfielder Peyton Bonds, the Giants have plenty of bloodlines from their 2002 World Series team with none of the blood feud. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

From Bonds and Thome to Pettitte and Sabathia, a new generation of players with MLB bloodlines reignites questions over nepotism and merit. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026

More action means more to unpack, like incestuous bloodlines, secret plots that have been years in the making, the rapidly shifting alliances, and how to tell all the silver-haired Targaryens apart. — Nic Juarez, Vulture, 15 June 2026

Two Runner is buttressed by a cavalcade of boisterously rootsy country acts all deeply versed in their genre’s bloodlines, who freely celebrate them with aplomb. — Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026

And Sugano’s baseball bloodlines run ever deeper. — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 23 May 2026

Can the capacity to commit horrific acts be passed through bloodlines? — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 May 2026

Jordan Chiles at 25 years old has singularly accomplished more professionally to date than some entire family bloodlines. — Marquise Francis, NBC news, 9 May 2026

As noted in a press release from Safari Park, the animals, first brought to Europe from Kenya by zoologist Josef Vágner in the '70s, all carry the bloodlines from their native land. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026