Synonyms of forebear

forebear

noun

variants also forbear

as in ancestor

a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent

his forebears came to America on the Mayflower

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ancestor
• father
• grandfather
• forefather
• progenitor
• forebearer
• predecessor
• primogenitor
• grandmother
• ancestry
• patriarch
• matriarch
• ancestress
• foremother
• antecessor
• grandsire
• antecedents
• sire
• roots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• descendant
• family
• children
• offspring
• descendent
• lineage
• progeny
• issue
• stock
• seed
• posterity
• successor
• son
• daughter
• heir
• inheritor
• scion

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