Synonyms of forebearers

forebearers

noun

plural of forebearer

as in ancestors

a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent

villagers who still practice many of the customs of their forebearers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ancestors
• grandfathers
• fathers
• forebears
• forbears
• forefathers
• progenitors
• grandmothers
• predecessors
• primogenitors
• foremothers
• patriarchs
• matriarchs
• ancestresses
• ancestries
• antecedents
• antecessors
• grandsires
• sires
• roots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• descendants
• descendents
• children
• families
• offspring
• seeds
• issues
• lineages
• seed
• successors
• stocks
• daughters
• sons
• heirs
• progenies
• offsprings
• posterities
• inheritors
• scions