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The synonyms of “Progenitor” are: primogenitor, ancestor, forefather, forebear, parent, originator, founder, instigator, source
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “progenitor” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| ancestor | Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent. This instrument is an ancestor of the lute. |
| forebear | An ancestor. Generations of his forebears had lived in London. |
| forefather | Person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group. Our forefathers brought forth a great nation. |
| founder | Inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse. An iron founder. |
| instigator | Someone who deliberately foments trouble. She was the instigator of their quarrel. |
| originator | Someone who creates new things. Wegener was the originator of the theory of continental drift. |
| parent | A person’s father or mother. The parents of the bride. |
| primogenitor | An ancestor in the direct line. |
| source | A facility where something is available. Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River. |
| ancestor | An early version of a machine, system, etc. The ancestor of most dolphins is not clear. |
| ancestral | Of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor. Ancestral home. |
| ancestry | The evolutionary or genetic line of descent of an animal or plant. The ancestry of the rose is extremely complicated. |
| antecedent | Denoting or counting as an antecedent. Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience. |
| ascendant | The point on the ecliptic at which it intersects the eastern horizon at a particular time, typically that of a person’s birth. The economically ascendant class. |
| blood | Give a hound a first taste of blood. The ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions. |
| caregiver | A person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability. |
| clan | A large family. Civil strife has followed as rival clans jockey for power. |
| daddy | An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk. The daddy of all potholes. |
| family | A group of curves or surfaces obtained by varying the value of a constant in the equation generating them. Friends and family can provide support. |
| folks | Your parents. He wrote to his folks every day. |
| forebear | An ancestor. Generations of his forebears had lived in London. |
| forefather | A precursor of a particular movement. The forefathers of modern British socialism. |
| former | Having previously been a particular thing. The powers of the former are more comprehensive than those of the latter. |
| genealogy | Successive generations of kin. 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. |
| household | The establishment and affairs of a royal household. The whole household was asleep. |
| kinsfolk | People descended from a common ancestor. |
| lineage | A sequence of cells in the body which developed from a common ancestral cell. Great families and their lineages. |
| lineal | Relating to or consisting of lines; linear. A lineal descendant. |
| mommy | Informal terms for a mother. |
| mulatto | A person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially a person with one white and one black parent. |
| parent | Be or act as a parent to a child. The parents of the bride. |
| parentage | The state of being a parent. This ice cream boasts American parentage. |
| paternal | Related through the father. His father and paternal grandfather were porcelain painters. |
| patriarch | Any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race. He s the patriarch of all spin doctors. |
| pedigree | The recorded ancestry or lineage of a person or family. They are looking for animals with pedigrees. |
| predecessor | A thing that has been followed or replaced by another. The chapel was built in 1864 on the site of its predecessor. |
| primogenitor | An ancestor, especially the earliest ancestor of a people; a progenitor. |
| unmixed | Not mixed with extraneous elements. Bold unmixed colours. |
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