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lineage

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of lineage

1 the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
  • His Italian lineage was very important to him.
Synonyms of lineage

ancestry, birth, blood, bloodline, breeding, descent, extraction, family tree, genealogy, line, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock, strain
Words Related to lineage

heredity, succession

family, house

kin, kindred, relations, relatives

race
Near Antonyms of lineage

offspring

child, heir, inheritor, son, successor
Antonyms of lineage

issue, posterity, progeny, seed
2 a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
  • It is now generally accepted that the lineage of Thomas Jefferson includes black as well as white members.
Synonyms of lineage

blood, clan, family, folks, house, kin, kindred, kinfolk (or kinfolks), kinsfolk, line, people, race, stock, tribe
Words Related to lineage

blended family, nuclear family

extended family, household, kith

brood

descendant (also descendent), issue, offspring, progeny, scion, seed

clansman, kinsman, kinswoman, relative

dynasty
Near Antonyms of lineage

ancestry, birth, descent, extraction, origin, pedigree

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