💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Forebears"
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|---|---|
| refrainnoun | The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza. |
| forbearnoun | Alternative spelling of forebear. [An ancestor.] |
| ancestorsnoun | an American five-piece doom metal ensemble, residing in Los Angeles, California, United States. |
| ancestriesnoun | A series of ancestors; the people from whom one is descended. |
| ascendantsnoun | (astrology, also figurative) The degree of the zodiac or point of the ecliptic which rises in an eastern direction above the horizon at a particular moment (especially the moment of a person's birth), which is supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's fortune and life; a horoscope. |
| fathersnoun | A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.). |
| forbearsnoun | Alternative spelling of forebear. [An ancestor.] |
| forefathersnoun | An ancestor. |
| parents | a 1989 American black comedy horror film directed by Bob Balaban and starring Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis and Bryan Madorsky. |
| predecessorsnoun | One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position. |
| progenitorsnoun | A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors. |
| forefathernoun | An ancestor. |
| ancestral | Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors |
| 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. |
| ancestrynoun | A series of ancestors; the people from whom one is descended. |
| descendantsnoun | the debut studio album by American metalcore band Fit for a King. |
| ancientsnoun | The people of classical antiquity, especially such writers and philosophers. |
| descendentsnoun | Misspelling of descendants. |
| prehistorynoun | The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times. |
| kinfolknoun | (US) Relatives, relations. |
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