Synonyms of progenitor

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progenitor

noun

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as in ancestor

a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent

the progenitors of today's Maya once ruled a mighty empire that stretched across much of Central America

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ancestor
• grandfather
• father
• forefather
• forebear
• primogenitor
• forebearer
• forbear
• grandmother
• predecessor
• ancestress
• ancestry
• patriarch
• matriarch
• antecessor
• grandsire
• antecedents
• sire
• foremother
• roots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• descendant
• family
• progeny
• lineage
• offspring
• descendent
• children
• seed
• stock
• issue
• posterity
• successor
• son
• daughter
• heir
• inheritor
• scion

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• descendant
• family
• progeny
• lineage
• offspring
• descendent
• children
• seed
• stock
• issue
• posterity
• successor
• son
• daughter
• heir
• inheritor
• scion

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