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Ancestry

🔄 Synonyms of "Ancestry"

13 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
linenoun	A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
stocknoun	A store or supply.
descentnoun	An instance of descending; act of coming down.
pedigreenoun	A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage.
lineagenoun	Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
filiationnoun	(uncountable) The condition of being a child of a specified parent.
parentagenoun	The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.
derivationnoun	The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
bloodlinenoun	The abstract link between a person and their ancestors.
blood linenoun	the descendants of one individual
line of descent	a 2019 Indian crime drama film written and directed by Rohit Karn Batra (in his directorial debut).
bloodnoun	A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
originnoun	The beginning of something.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ancestry"

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Word	Definition
bloodlinenoun	The abstract link between a person and their ancestors.
lineagenoun	Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
pedigreenoun	A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage.
parentagenoun	The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.
filiationnoun	(uncountable) The condition of being a child of a specified parent.
stocknoun	A store or supply.
originnoun	The beginning of something.
descentnoun	An instance of descending; act of coming down.
linenoun	A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
derivationnoun	The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
bloodnoun	A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
blood linenoun	the descendants of one individual
line of descent	a 2019 Indian crime drama film written and directed by Rohit Karn Batra (in his directorial debut).
ancestralnoun	An ancestor or forbear.
ancestornoun	One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.
strainnoun	(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
progenitornoun	A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
progenynoun	(uncountable) Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
kinnoun	(collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
offspringnoun	A person's daughter or son; a person's child.