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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

kin, kindred, relations, relatives

Near Antonyms of lineage

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

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

clansman, kinsman, kinswoman, relative

Near Antonyms of lineage

ancestry, birth, descent, extraction, origin, pedigree

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