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pedigree

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of pedigree

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended

a woman of good pedigree

Synonyms of pedigree

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

Words Related to pedigree

heredity, succession

kin, kindred, relations, relatives

Near Antonyms of pedigree

child, heir, inheritor, son, successor

Antonyms of pedigree

issue, posterity, progeny, seed

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