ANCESTOR as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
   Synonym(s)
   • antecedent (what does antecedent mean?)
   • ascendant (what does ascendant mean?)
   • ascendent (what does ascendent mean?)
   • root (what does root mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) ancestor is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • relative (what does relative mean?)
   • relation (what does relation mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • descendant (what does descendant mean?)
   • descendent (what does descendent mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • ancestress (what does ancestress mean?)
   • forebear (what does forebear mean?)
   • forbear (what does forbear mean?)
   • forefather (what does forefather mean?)
   • father (what does father mean?)
   • sire (what does sire mean?)
   • foremother (what does foremother mean?)
   • progenitor (what does progenitor mean?)
   • primogenitor (what does primogenitor mean?)