All ancestor synonyms

noun ancestor

• forebear — Usually, forebears. ancestors; forefathers.
• founder — a person who founds or casts metal, glass, etc.
• forefather — an ancestor.
• antecedent — An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way.
• ascendant — proceeding upwards; rising
• precursor — a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor.
• forerunner — predecessor; ancestor; forebear; precursor.
• progenitor — a biologically related ancestor: a progenitor of the species.
• foremother — a female ancestor.
• primogenitor — a first parent or earliest ancestor: Adam and Eve are the primogenitors of the human race.
• forego — forgo.
• predecessor — parent
• prototype — the original or model on which something is based or formed.
• antecessor — a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before