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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

antecessor, predecessor [archaic]

ancestress, foremother, grandmother, matriarch

grandsire [archaic], patriarch, sire [archaic]

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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