Synonyms of forefathers

forefathers

noun

plural of forefather

as in ancestors

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

• ancestors
• grandfathers
• fathers
• forbears
• forebears
• forebearers
• progenitors
• grandmothers
• predecessors
• primogenitors
• foremothers
• patriarchs
• matriarchs
• grandsires
• ancestries
• ancestresses
• antecedents
• antecessors
• sires
• roots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• descendants
• descendents
• children
• families
• offspring
• seeds
• issues
• seed
• sons
• lineages
• daughters
• heirs
• stocks
• successors
• offsprings
• progenies
• posterities
• inheritors
• scions