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LINEAGE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for LINEAGE?

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Lineage as a Noun
Definitions of "Lineage" as a noun
Synonyms of "Lineage" as a noun (17 Words)
Usage Examples of "Lineage" as a noun
Associations of "Lineage" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Lineage” are: linage, ancestry, derivation, filiation, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock, family, birth

Lineage as a Noun

Definitions of "Lineage" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “lineage” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A social group tracing its descent from a single ancestor.
A sequence of species each of which is considered to have evolved from its predecessor.
The number of lines in a piece of printed material.
The descendants of one individual.
The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors.
Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline.
A sequence of cells in the body which developed from a common ancestral cell.
A rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted.
Direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree.

Synonyms of "Lineage" as a noun (17 Words)

ancestry	The origin or background of something. The book traces the ancestry* of women s poetry.*
birth	The process of giving birth. The mother is English by birth.
blood	Violence involving bloodshed. Any blood* who opted out was ostracized.*
blood line	People viewed as members of a group.
bloodline	The descendants of one individual. The survival of a legitimate royal bloodline.
derivation	The process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation. Singer from sing or undo from do are examples of derivations.
descent	A downward slope. His descents on the manager of any shop he took a fancy to visit.
family	All the descendants of a common ancestor. The house has been owned by the same family* for 300 years.*
filiation	Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline. The filiation* of many of his ideas from those developed by Carpenter.*
linage	The number of lines in a piece of printed material.
line	A contour or outline considered as a feature of design or composition. Passengers were hit by delays caused by leaves on the line.
line of descent	A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power.
origin	An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events. Origin in sensation.
parentage	The descendants of one individual. A boy of Jamaican parentage.
pedigree	The record of descent of an animal, showing it to be pure-bred. My host showed me his family pedigree.
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. His stock* was so high he could have been elected mayor.*

Usage Examples of "Lineage" as a noun

Great families and their lineages.
His entire lineage has been warriors.
The chimpanzee and gorilla lineages.
The myeloid lineage.
A Dutch nobleman of ancient lineage.

Associations of "Lineage" (30 Words)

ancestor	An early version of a machine, system, etc. This instrument is an ancestor* of the lute.*
ancestral	Of, belonging to, or inherited from an ancestor or ancestors. Ancestral home.
ancestry	One’s family or ethnic descent. He was proud of his Irish ancestry.
antecedent	Denoting or counting as an antecedent. Her early life and antecedents have been traced.
ascendant	Most powerful or important or influential. Rooted and ascendant* strength like that of foliage.*
birthright	A particular right of possession or privilege a person has from birth, especially as an eldest son. She saw a liberal education as the birthright* of every child.*
blood	An internal bodily fluid in invertebates which performs a similar function to blood in humans and other vertebrates. A nurse was out on the corridor taking bloods from the patients.
clan	A group of people with a strong common interest. Civil strife has followed as rival clans jockey for power.
ewe	Female sheep.
family	A person having kinship with another or others. The family* lived in a large house with a lot of land.*
fleece	Tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on used for clothing. A reversible fleece* jacket.*
forebear	An ancestor. Generations of his forebears had lived in London.
forefather	A member of the past generations of one’s family or people; an ancestor. Our forefathers brought forth a great nation.
genealogy	The study and tracing of lines of descent. The genealogies of the kings of Mercia.
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 act of mating closely related individuals. Persistent inbreeding* has produced an unusually high frequency of sufferers from this disease.*
lineal	Arranged in a line. Lineal heirs.
mulatto	An offspring of a black and a white parent.
parentage	The descendants of one individual. A boy of Jamaican parentage.
patriarch	Title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem. He s the patriarch* of all spin doctors.*
patrimony	An inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture. Patrimony laws.
pedigree	A genealogical table. With a pedigree* equal to many of the gentry.*
primogenitor	An ancestor, especially the earliest ancestor of a people; a progenitor.
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.*
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. Bold unmixed* colours.*
worship	The activity of worshipping. She adores her sons and they worship* her.*