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parentage

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of parentage

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended

the new teacher was of English parentage

Synonyms of parentage

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

Words Related to parentage

heredity, succession

kin, kindred, relations, relatives

Near Antonyms of parentage

child, heir, inheritor, son, successor

Antonyms of parentage

issue, posterity, progeny, seed

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