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forebear

noun
variants: also forbear

Synonyms and Antonyms of forebear

a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent
  • His forebears came to America on the Mayflower.
Synonyms of forebear

ancestor, father, forebearer, forefather, grandfather, primogenitor, progenitor
Words Related to forebear

ancestress, foremother, grandmother, matriarch

patriarch

ancestry, antecedents, roots
Near Antonyms of forebear

children, family, issue, lineage, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed, stock

daughter, heir, inheritor, scion, son, successor
Antonyms of forebear

descendant (also descendent)

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