LINEAGES Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

lineages

noun

plural of lineage

as in ancestries

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended his Italian lineage was very important to him

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as in families

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

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Recent Examples of lineages As ecologist Doug Tallamy has chronicled, over 90% of herbivorous insects specialize on one or a few native plant lineages. — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Farms spend decades breeding mink to develop unique genetic lineages. — Nat Lash, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2026 Some ancestral lineages diverged roughly 21,000 years ago, according to the review. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 While some of these families traced their lineages back to the colonial aristocrats of Mexico or New England, the Mesmers, like Griffith, were recent European immigrants, having come to the United States from Alsace, France. — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026 Geese did something similar with last year’s Getting Killed, their own neutron star of an album, gobbling up the tangled lineages of rock, punk, and drone music in New York City with the ravenous appetites of kids weaned on the infinite scroll. — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026 Cell lineages follow paths through this map as development proceeds. — Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 But researchers were able to show that over hundreds of thousands of years, the gentoo has diverged into four distinct evolutionary lineages, each of which the researchers say should be its own species. — Violet Jira, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2026 When the catastrophe wiped out their massive non-avian relatives, the bird lineages that survived were positioned to take advantage of newly vacant ecological niches. — Kevin Brown, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

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Noun

But Shanes questioned whether grouping Jews under a single ethnic category would produce sufficiently specific data for those purposes, or instead obscure differences among Jewish populations with distinct ancestries.

— Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
This technique overcomes limitations of older methods like genotyping arrays, which were often biased towards European ancestries and less accurate.

— William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of ancestries

Noun

This approach would protect families of different faiths while leaving curriculum decisions to state and local officials.

— Ilya Shapiro, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Furthermore, this bill would deliver direct, tangible benefits to everyday American families.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of families

Noun

To anyone accustomed to the usual genealogies of either Judd or late-twentieth-century architecture, his choice of Alexander might have been startling.

— Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Sometimes, though, these genealogies of behavior can seem beside the point, serving only to dull one’s analysis of the situation.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of genealogies

Noun

Twelve years later, both clans have settled in Kingston, New York, that state’s eventual first capital.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
As the two clans battle it out on the field, regardless of who takes home the trophy Lexi may have already won at love.

— Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of clans

Noun

As indie pop became glossier and more fleshed out in the 1990s, few bands embraced its minimal, melancholy origins like the Cat’s Miaow.

— David Glickman, Pitchfork, 11 Nov. 2026
Gary Soffer, director of the integrative medicine program at Smilow Cancer Hospital, explained the origins to VeryWell Mind.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of origins

Noun

Eighty-eight years later, American lawmakers can ironically learn from Germany how to make protecting Jewish houses of worship a national priority.

— Marc Schneier, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026
Wants clear officer identification (specifically no masks), body cameras, warrants when legally required, due process and protections at schools, hospitals and houses of worship.

— Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2026

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