ancestor (n)
ascendant (n)
ascendent (n)
antecedent (n)
root (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 18
def someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Outgoing links
Hypernym relative, relation
Derivationally related form antecedent → antecedent
Derivationally related form ancestor → ancestral; ancestor → ancestral
Antonym ancestor → descendant
Hyponym ancestress; forebear, forbear; forefather, father, sire; foremother; progenitor, primogenitor
Incoming links
Derivationally related form antecedent → antecedent
Derivationally related form ancestral → ancestor; ancestral → ancestor
Pertainym (pertains to noun) ancestral → ancestor
Hypernym ancestress; forebear, forbear; forefather, father, sire; foremother; progenitor, primogenitor
Antonym descendant → ancestor
Hyponym relative, relation

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