Ancestor: Synonyms in English

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ancestor:
- ancestor; forefather; patriarch; progenitor; founder; root; antecedent; ascendent; ascendant; ancestor element
- ancestor; progenitor; first ancestor

English

Detailed Synonyms for ancestor in English

the ancestor
the ancestor; the forefather
- ancestor [the ~] noun
- forefather [the ~] noun
the ancestor
the patriarch; the progenitor; the ancestor
- patriarch [the ~] noun
- progenitor [the ~] noun
- ancestor [the ~] noun
the ancestor
the progenitor; the patriarch; the founder; the ancestor
- progenitor [the ~] noun
- patriarch [the ~] noun
- founder [the ~] noun
- ancestor [the ~] noun
the ancestor

– someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) ¹
the root; the ancestor; the antecedent; the ascendent; the ascendant
– someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) ¹
- root [the ~] noun
- ancestor [the ~] noun
- antecedent [the ~] noun
- ascendent [the ~] noun, American
- ascendant [the ~] noun, British
the ancestor

– In a tree structure, the element of which a given element is a child. Equivalent to a parent element. ²
the ancestor; the ancestor element
– In a tree structure, the element of which a given element is a child. Equivalent to a parent element. ²
- ancestor [the ~] noun
- ancestor element [the ~] noun

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)¹
In a tree structure, the element of which a given element is a child. Equivalent to a parent element.²