Synonyms of forefather

forefather

noun

as in ancestor

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

our forefathers bought this farm, and our family has worked it for three generations

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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