Synonyms and antonyms of Ancestors in British Thesaurus

ancestor (noun)

someone who is related to you who lived a long time ago

ancestry (noun)

the people related to you who lived a long time ago

antecedents (noun)

formal the members of your family who lived a long time ago

branch (noun)

a section of a family who are all related to one person who lived in the past

descendant (noun)

a relative of a person who lived in the past

descent (noun)

the origin of your parents or other older members of your family

family tree (noun)

a drawing that contains the names of everyone in a family over a long period of time and that shows the relationship between them

fathers (noun)

people in your family who lived long before you

forbear ()

another spelling of forebear

forebear (noun)

formal your forebears are the people in your family who lived a long time ago

forefathers (noun)

formal people belonging to your family or nation who lived a long time ago

genealogy (noun)

the history of one family, showing how all the people are related to each other

line (noun)

a series of connected generations in the same family

lineage (noun)

formal the people in your family who lived in the past, especially when you come from a rich or important family

pedigree (noun)

someone’s parents and other family members from the past, especially in families of a high social class

progenitor (noun)

very formal a person in your family who was born a long time ago

stock (noun)

the type of people that your family comes from