FOREFATHERS Synonyms
9 hypernyms for forefathers. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for FOREFATHERS
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| ancestors | noun n | |||||
noun • someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | ||||||
| antecedents | noun n | |||||
adjective • preceding in time or order noun • someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) • a preceding occurrence or cause or event • anything that precedes something similar in time • the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun | ||||||
| fathers | noun n | |||||
noun • a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) • `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military • the founder of a family • (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom • God when considered as the first person in the Trinity • a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization • a person who founds or establishes some institution • the head of an organized crime family verb • make (offspring) by reproduction | ||||||
| forbears | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • a person from whom you are descended verb • refrain from doing • resist doing something | ||||||
| forebears | noun n | |||||
noun • a person from whom you are descended | ||||||
| predecessors | noun n | |||||
noun • one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office) • something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | ||||||
| progenitors | noun n | |||||
noun • an ancestor in the direct line | ||||||
| father | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) • `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military • the founder of a family • (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom • God when considered as the first person in the Trinity • a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization • a person who founds or establishes some institution • the head of an organized crime family verb • make (offspring) by reproduction | ||||||
| sire | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority • the founder of a family • male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse verb • make (offspring) by reproduction | ||||||