All forebear synonyms
fore·bear
F f noun forebear
- forefather — an ancestor.
- forerunner — predecessor; ancestor; forebear; precursor.
- progenitor — a biologically related ancestor: a progenitor of the species.
- ancestor — Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.
- antecedent — An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way.
- predecessor — parent
- precursor — a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor.
- grandparent — a parent of a parent.