Exact Match:
- forefather
- the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
- person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group; "our forefathers brought forth a great nation"
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
- progenitor
collapse - an ancestor in the direct line related words >
- ancestor,
- ancestors,
- ancestress,
- antecedent,
- antecedents,
- archetype,
- ascendant,
- ascendants,
- begetter,
- elders,
- fathers,
- forebear,
- forebears,
- forefather,
- forefathers,
- foregoer,
- forerunner,
- grandfathers,
- grandparent,
- grandparents,
- guide,
- origin,
- original,
- originator,
- parent,
- patriarchs,
- pattern,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- predecessors,
- primogenitor,
- procreator,
- progenitors,
- progenitress,
- progenitrix,
- prototype,
- source
- ancestor
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- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) related words >
- ancestress,
- announcer,
- antecedent,
- ascendant,
- avant-garde,
- begetter,
- bellwether,
- buccinator,
- bushwhacker,
- explorer,
- forebear,
- forefather,
- foregoer,
- forerunner,
- front runner,
- frontiersman,
- fugleman,
- grandparent,
- groundbreaker,
- guide,
- harbinger,
- herald,
- innovator,
- lead runner,
- leader,
- messenger,
- parent,
- pathfinder,
- pioneer,
- point,
- precedent,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- premise,
- primogenitor,
- procreator,
- progenitor,
- progenitress,
- progenitrix,
- prototype,
- scout,
- stormy petrel,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- vanguard,
- vaunt-courier,
- voortrekker
- predecessor
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- one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office) related words >
- ancestor,
- ancestors,
- announcer,
- antecedent,
- antecedents,
- ascendants,
- avant-garde,
- bellwether,
- buccinator,
- bushwhacker,
- elders,
- explorer,
- fathers,
- forebear,
- forebears,
- forefather,
- forefathers,
- foregoer,
- forerunner,
- front runner,
- frontiersman,
- fugleman,
- grandfathers,
- grandparents,
- groundbreaker,
- guide,
- harbinger,
- herald,
- innovator,
- lead runner,
- leader,
- messenger,
- pathfinder,
- patriarchs,
- pioneer,
- point,
- precedent,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- predecessors,
- progenitors,
- prototype,
- scout,
- stormy petrel,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- vanguard,
- vaunt-courier,
- voortrekker
- antecedent
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- the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
- a preceding occurrence or cause or event
- anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
- preceding in time or order related words >
- agency,
- ancestor,
- ancestors,
- announcer,
- antecede,
- antecedents,
- antedate,
- anterior,
- anticipatory,
- ascendant,
- ascendants,
- avant-garde,
- base,
- basis,
- bellwether,
- buccinator,
- bushwhacker,
- call,
- causation,
- cause,
- cause and effect,
- chief,
- ci-devant,
- determinant,
- determinative,
- earlier,
- early,
- elder,
- elders,
- element,
- etiology,
- exordial,
- explorer,
- factor,
- fathers,
- first,
- fore,
- forebear,
- forebears,
- forefather,
- forefathers,
- foregoer,
- foregoing,
- foremost,
- forerun,
- forerunner,
- former,
- front runner,
- frontiersman,
- fugleman,
- grandfathers,
- grandparents,
- ground,
- groundbreaker,
- grounds,
- guide,
- harbinger,
- heading,
- headmost,
- herald,
- inaugural,
- initiatory,
- innovator,
- instrumentality,
- lead runner,
- leader,
- leading,
- means,
- messenger,
- occasion,
- older,
- pace,
- past,
- pathfinder,
- patriarchs,
- pioneer,
- point,
- precedent,
- preceding,
- precessional,
- precurrent,
- precursor,
- precursory,
- predate,
- predecessor,
- predecessors,
- preexistent,
- prefatory,
- preliminary,
- preludial,
- prelusive,
- premise,
- preparatory,
- prevenient,
- previous,
- prime,
- primogenitor,
- principle,
- prior,
- proemial,
- progenitor,
- progenitors,
- propaedeutic,
- prototype,
- reason,
- scout,
- senior,
- stimulus,
- stormy petrel,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- vanguard,
- vaunt-courier,
- voortrekker
- Gabriel,
- Mahdi,
- advertisement,
- advertiser,
- ancestor,
- announcement,
- announcer,
- antecedent,
- augury,
- author,
- avant-garde,
- bell cow,
- bell mare,
- bellwether,
- born leader,
- buccinator,
- buccinator novi temporis,
- bushwhacker,
- charismatic leader,
- choirmaster,
- choragus,
- coach,
- conductor,
- coryphaeus,
- duce,
- envoy,
- evangel,
- evangelist,
- example,
- exemplar,
- explorer,
- file leader,
- forebear,
- forefather,
- foregoer,
- foreshadow,
- foreshadower,
- foretoken,
- forewarning,
- front runner,
- frontiersman,
- fugleman,
- groundbreaker,
- guide,
- harbinger,
- herald,
- herald angel,
- initiator,
- innovator,
- inspired leader,
- instructor,
- lead runner,
- leader,
- leader of men,
- mark,
- mentor,
- messenger,
- messiah,
- model,
- omen,
- originator,
- outrider,
- pacemaker,
- pacesetter,
- pathfinder,
- pattern,
- pioneer,
- point,
- portent,
- precedent,
- precentor,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- premise,
- premonition,
- premonitor,
- preparationist,
- preparator,
- preparer,
- presage,
- presager,
- progenitor,
- prognostic,
- prototype,
- ringleader,
- scout,
- sign,
- standard-bearer,
- stormy petrel,
- symphonic conductor,
- symptom,
- teacher,
- token,
- torchbearer,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- trainer,
- vanguard,
- vaunt-courier,
- voortrekker,
- warning
- ascendant
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- position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant"
- most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
- tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin related words >
- a cut above,
- above,
- absolute,
- ahead,
- anabatic,
- antecedent,
- ascendancy,
- ascending,
- ascensional,
- ascensive,
- at the head,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- autocratic,
- better,
- boss,
- capping,
- chief,
- chosen,
- climbing,
- clothed with authority,
- commanding,
- competent,
- conquering,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- controlling,
- defeating,
- distinguished,
- dominance,
- dominant,
- domination,
- dominion,
- duly constituted,
- eclipsing,
- eminent,
- empowered,
- ex officio,
- exceeding,
- excellent,
- excelling,
- finer,
- flushed with success,
- forebear,
- forefather,
- forerunner,
- general,
- governing,
- great,
- greater,
- head,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- higher,
- imperative,
- important,
- in ascendancy,
- in charge,
- in chief,
- in the ascendant,
- influential,
- leading,
- leaping,
- major,
- marked,
- master,
- masterdom,
- mighty,
- momentous,
- monocratic,
- mounting,
- of choice,
- official,
- on the throne,
- one up on,
- outstanding,
- over,
- overbearing,
- overcoming,
- paramount,
- potent,
- powerful,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- predominant,
- predominate,
- preeminence,
- preeminent,
- prepollent,
- preponderance,
- preponderant,
- preponderate,
- prepotence,
- prepotent,
- prestigious,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- primogenitor,
- progenitor,
- prominent,
- puissant,
- rampant,
- ranking,
- rare,
- rearing,
- regnant,
- regulating,
- regulative,
- regulatory,
- reigning,
- rising,
- rivaling,
- ruling,
- saltatory,
- scandent,
- scansorial,
- senior,
- skyrocketing,
- sovereign,
- sovereignty,
- spiraling,
- springing,
- substantial,
- successful,
- super,
- superior,
- supreme,
- surpassing,
- swaying,
- topping,
- totalitarian,
- transcendent,
- transcendental,
- transcending,
- triumphal,
- triumphant,
- uparching,
- upcoming,
- upgoing,
- upgrade,
- uphill,
- uphillward,
- upper,
- uprising,
- upsloping,
- upward,
- upwith,
- vanquishing,
- victorious,
- weighty,
- winning
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