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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
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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
- 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
- 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
- father
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- God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"
- a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta"
- `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
- a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization; "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"; "the city fathers endorsed the proposal" related words >
- Establishment,
- VIP,
- abba,
- abbe,
- affiliate to,
- agent,
- ancestor,
- ancestors,
- apprentice,
- architect,
- artificer,
- artist,
- aunt,
- auntie,
- author,
- baron,
- bear,
- beget,
- begetter,
- beginner,
- big gun,
- big man,
- big name,
- bigwig,
- birth,
- blood brother,
- brass,
- brass hat,
- breed,
- breed true,
- brethren,
- bring about,
- bring forth,
- bring to birth,
- bring to effect,
- bring to pass,
- brother,
- bub,
- bubba,
- bud,
- buddy,
- builder,
- cassock,
- catalyst,
- cause,
- causer,
- celebrity,
- chaplain,
- clergyman,
- conceive,
- conceiver,
- confessor,
- constructor,
- copulate,
- country cousin,
- cousin,
- cousin once removed,
- cousin twice removed,
- craftsman,
- create,
- creator,
- crossbreed,
- cure,
- dad,
- daddy,
- daughter,
- dean,
- derive from,
- designer,
- deviser,
- dignitary,
- dignity,
- discoverer,
- do,
- doyen,
- doyenne,
- effect,
- effector,
- effectuate,
- elder,
- eldest,
- encourager,
- engender,
- engenderer,
- engineer,
- establish,
- executor,
- executrix,
- father confessor,
- father in Christ,
- figure,
- filiate to,
- first cousin,
- first-born,
- firstling,
- forebear,
- forefather,
- foster brother,
- foster father,
- found,
- founder,
- frame,
- framer,
- frater,
- gallach,
- generate,
- generator,
- genitor,
- gestate,
- get,
- give birth to,
- give occasion to,
- give origin to,
- give rise to,
- governor,
- grandnephew,
- grandniece,
- granduncle,
- great man,
- great-aunt,
- great-uncle,
- grower,
- half brother,
- hatch,
- important person,
- inaugurate,
- inaugurator,
- inbreed,
- industrialist,
- initiate,
- initiator,
- inspirer,
- instigator,
- institute,
- institutor,
- interests,
- introducer,
- invent,
- inventor,
- journeyman,
- kid brother,
- lion,
- lords of creation,
- magnate,
- make,
- make love,
- maker,
- man of mark,
- manufacturer,
- master,
- master craftsman,
- minister,
- mogul,
- mother,
- motor,
- mover,
- multiply,
- nabob,
- name,
- nephew,
- niece,
- notability,
- notable,
- nuncle,
- nunks,
- nunky,
- occasion,
- old boy,
- old man,
- older,
- oldest,
- organizer,
- originate,
- originator,
- outbreed,
- pa,
- padre,
- panjandrum,
- pap,
- papa,
- pappy,
- parent,
- parish priest,
- parson,
- past master,
- pastor,
- pater,
- paterfamilias,
- patriarch,
- penitentiary,
- person of renown,
- personage,
- personality,
- pillar of society,
- planner,
- pop,
- pops,
- power,
- power elite,
- precursor,
- presbyter,
- priest,
- prime mover,
- primogenitor,
- primum mobile,
- procreate,
- produce,
- producer,
- progenerate,
- progenitor,
- proliferate,
- promoter,
- propagate,
- raiser,
- realize,
- realizer,
- reproduce in kind,
- ruling circle,
- sachem,
- second cousin,
- senior,
- set afloat,
- set on foot,
- set up,
- shaper,
- shepherd,
- sire,
- sis,
- sissy,
- sister,
- sister-german,
- sistern,
- sky pilot,
- smith,
- soil,
- somebody,
- something,
- son,
- spawn,
- spiritual director,
- spiritual father,
- stepbrother,
- stepfather,
- stepsister,
- supporter,
- the great,
- the old man,
- the top,
- top brass,
- top people,
- trace to,
- tycoon,
- unc,
- uncle,
- uncs,
- uterine brother,
- very important person,
- work,
- worthy,
- wright
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