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- 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,
- ancestors,
- announcer,
- antecedent,
- antecedents,
- ascendants,
- avant-garde,
- bellwether,
- buccinator,
- bushwhacker,
- elders,
- explorer,
- fathers,
- forebear,
- 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,
- 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
- antecedents,
- apprentice,
- architect,
- artificer,
- artist,
- ascendants,
- author,
- begetter,
- beginner,
- builder,
- conceiver,
- constructor,
- craftsman,
- creator,
- designer,
- deviser,
- discoverer,
- effector,
- elders,
- engenderer,
- engineer,
- executor,
- executrix,
- father,
- fathers,
- forebears,
- forefathers,
- founder,
- generator,
- grandfathers,
- grandparents,
- grower,
- inaugurator,
- industrialist,
- initiator,
- instigator,
- institutor,
- introducer,
- inventor,
- journeyman,
- maker,
- manufacturer,
- master,
- master craftsman,
- mother,
- organizer,
- originator,
- past master,
- patriarchs,
- planner,
- precursor,
- predecessors,
- prime mover,
- producer,
- progenitors,
- raiser,
- realizer,
- shaper,
- sire,
- smith,
- wright
- 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
- patriarch
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- a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
- any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
- the male head of family or tribe
- title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem) related words >
- Aaronic priesthood,
- Father Time,
- Grand Penitentiary,
- Holy Father,
- Melchizedek priesthood,
- Methuselah,
- Nestor,
- Old Paar,
- Seventy,
- abba,
- abuna,
- ancestors,
- antecedents,
- antediluvian,
- antipope,
- antique,
- apostle,
- archbishop,
- archdeacon,
- architect,
- archpriest,
- ascendants,
- author,
- back number,
- bishop,
- bishop coadjutor,
- boss,
- bwana,
- canon,
- cardinal,
- cardinal bishop,
- cardinal deacon,
- cardinal priest,
- centenarian,
- chaplain,
- chef,
- chief,
- church dignitary,
- coadjutor,
- conservative,
- creator,
- curate,
- dad,
- daddy,
- deacon,
- dean,
- diocesan,
- dodo,
- dotard,
- ecclesiarch,
- elder,
- elders,
- employer,
- exarch,
- father,
- fathers,
- fogy,
- forebears,
- forefathers,
- fossil,
- foster father,
- founder,
- fud,
- fuddy-duddy,
- gaffer,
- geezer,
- generator,
- genitor,
- golden-ager,
- goodman,
- governor,
- gramps,
- grandfather,
- grandfathers,
- grandparents,
- grandsire,
- granny,
- graybeard,
- guru,
- has-been,
- hierarch,
- high priest,
- husband,
- inventor,
- liege,
- liege lord,
- longhair,
- lord,
- lord paramount,
- maker,
- master,
- matriarch,
- metropolitan,
- mid-Victorian,
- mossback,
- nonagenarian,
- octogenarian,
- old believer,
- old chap,
- old codger,
- old crock,
- old dodo,
- old dog,
- old duffer,
- old fogy,
- old geezer,
- old gent,
- old gentleman,
- old liner,
- old man,
- old party,
- old poop,
- old woman,
- old-timer,
- older,
- oldster,
- originator,
- overlord,
- pa,
- padrone,
- pantaloon,
- pap,
- papa,
- pappy,
- paramount,
- pater,
- paterfamilias,
- patriarchs,
- patron,
- penitentiary,
- pontiff,
- pop,
- pope,
- pops,
- prebendary,
- predecessors,
- prelate,
- presbyter,
- priest,
- primate,
- progenitors,
- rabbi,
- reactionary,
- rector,
- regular old fogy,
- relic,
- rural dean,
- sahib,
- seigneur,
- seignior,
- senior citizen,
- septuagenarian,
- sexagenarian,
- sire,
- square,
- starets,
- stepfather,
- subdean,
- suffragan,
- teacher,
- the old man,
- the quiet-voiced elders,
- traditionalist,
- venerable sir,
- veteran,
- vicar
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