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 So there seems to be something actively problematic with the DNA from those lineages in these regions. — ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026 The research team, led by Ellie Bourgikos and Nathan Grubaugh at the Yale School of Public Health, estimates that one of the virus’s two major lineages arrived in the Northeast by the early 1700s. — John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026 Because everyone will have access to the same information, AI will accentuate the value of personal connections, again promoting lineages and networks that at their most extreme may appear to be sinister establishment conspiracies. — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 Both of his parents are of Italian descent, with family lineages originating in the Calabria region of southern Italy. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2026 Why Stanley Tucci Is Synonymous With Italy Both of Tucci’s parents are of Italian descent, with family lineages originating in the Calabria region of southern Italy. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2026 The broader aim is to build vaccines that provide protection across entire viral lineages rather than single strains. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 June 2026 Her fiction concentrates thematically upon the emotional and psychological currents traversing the bonds across lineages — whether those connections are well-wrought, addled, severed, or unknown — and the fraught business of familial inheritance. — Rachel Vorona Cote, Vulture, 2 June 2026

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Noun

In a small number of cases, similar ancestries were grouped together.

— Albert Sun, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Eastern and western ancestries in Karelian Mesolithic dogs suggest that two lineages diverged during the Paleolithic.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026

Definition of ancestries

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Three wildfires are burning in Spokane County, Washington, and thousands of families have been ordered to flee their homes overnight, as state officials warn of an incredibly dangerous situation and brace for what daylight may reveal.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
This allowed Amanda to collect data and better understand the scale and specific needs of local families before the summer.

— Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of families

Noun

Lower-budget genre films—Backrooms, Obsession and Iron Lung, many driven by creators with YouTube and small-screen pedigrees—have broken through with younger viewers.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 July 2026
The son of a major leaguer turned long-time coach and brother of the Yankees’ top prospect, Jacob has perhaps one of the best pedigrees in this draft class.

— Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of pedigrees

Noun

Tribal governments, whose compacts trade exclusivity for revenue shares, have their own version of the grievance, which is why four New Mexico tribes sued Kalshi in May on sovereignty grounds.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
But the department has been running into opposition by landowners, environmental groups, Native American tribes and others who argue that the rapid construction endangers environmental and religious sites and a way of life along the border.

— Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of tribes

Noun

The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.

— Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025

Definition of genealogies

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Across the street, lawns were still green and houses were spared, as residents continued to run hoses or sprinklers to water their properties.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
A lot of Eastern European Jewish refugees arrived in France after the pogroms and worked as tailors and seamstresses for the couture houses.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026

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