Need another word that means the same as “ancestry”? Find 21 synonyms and 30 related words for “ancestry” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Ancestry” are: derivation, filiation, lineage, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock, ancestors, forebears, forefathers, progenitors, antecedents, genetics, genes
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ancestry” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| ancestors | Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent. |
| antecedents | The referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun. |
| blood | The fluid red in vertebrates that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma blood cells and platelets. Blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products. |
| blood line | Temperament or disposition. |
| bloodline | Ancestry of a purebred animal. The survival of a legitimate royal bloodline. |
| derivation | The act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin. Singer from sing or undo from do are examples of derivations. |
| descent | Properties attributable to your ancestry. A descent on the Channel ports. |
| filiation | The kinship relation between an individual and the individual’s progenitors. The filiation of many of his ideas from those developed by Carpenter. |
| forebears | A person from whom you are descended. |
| forefathers | The founder of a family. Keep the faith of our forefathers. |
| genes | A segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity. Genes were formerly called factors. |
| genetics | The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics. The effects of family genetics on the choice of career. |
| line | Each of usually five horizontal lines forming a stave in musical notation. A line block. |
| line of descent | Something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible. |
| lineage | The number of lines in a piece of printed material. Great families and their lineages. |
| origin | A fixed point from which coordinates are measured. His theory of the origin of life. |
| parentage | The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents. A boy of Jamaican parentage. |
| pedigree | A pure-bred animal. A spaniel of distinguished pedigree. |
| progenitors | An ancestor in the direct line. |
| stemma | A recorded genealogy of a family; a family tree. |
| stock | A portion of a company s stock as held by an individual or group as an investment. Stock shortages. |
| ancestor | An early version of a machine, system, etc. The ancestor of most dolphins is not clear. |
| ancestral | Of, belonging to, or inherited from an ancestor or ancestors. The family s ancestral home. |
| antecedent | Denoting or counting as an antecedent. Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience. |
| ascendant | Rising in power or influence. Rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage. |
| birthright | Personal characteristics that are inherited at birth. She saw a liberal education as the birthright of every child. |
| clan | A close-knit group of interrelated families, especially in the Scottish Highlands. New York s garrulous clan of artists. |
| ewe | A female sheep. |
| family | A group of people related by blood or marriage. The message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family. |
| fleece | A representation of a fleece suspended from a ring. A reversible fleece jacket. |
| forebear | A person from whom you are descended. Generations of his forebears had lived in London. |
| forefather | A member of the past generations of one’s family or people; an ancestor. The forefathers of modern British socialism. |
| genealogy | Successive generations of kin. The genealogies of the kings of Mercia. |
| genetic | Of or relating to the science of genetics. There are fears that genetic techniques could be abused. |
| hometown | The town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence. He never went back to his hometown again. |
| hominoid | Relating to hominoid primates. |
| inbreeding | The breeding of closely related people or animals, especially over many generations. Persistent inbreeding has produced an unusually high frequency of sufferers from this disease. |
| kinship | (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption. Felt a deep kinship with the other students. |
| lineage | The kinship relation between an individual and the individual’s progenitors. A Dutch nobleman of ancient lineage. |
| lineal | In a direct line of descent or ancestry. Lineal heirs. |
| mulatto | A person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially a person with one white and one black parent. |
| parentage | The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents. This ice cream boasts American parentage. |
| patrimony | Valued things passed down from previous generations; heritage. Owners refuse to part with their patrimony in the interests of agricultural development. |
| pedigree | The recorded ancestry or lineage of a person or family. They are looking for animals with pedigrees. |
| primogenitor | An ancestor in the direct line. |
| progenitor | A person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent. The progenitor of modern jazz. |
| pure | Of color being chromatically pure not diluted with white or grey or black. An outcome which may be a matter of pure chance. |
| purebred | A pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses. |
| thoroughbred | A horse of a thoroughbred breed. Some riders will only buy thoroughbred horses. |
| unmixed | Not mixed. Not an unmixed blessing. |
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