Synonyms of forebears

forebears

noun

variants also forbears

plural of forebear

as in ancestors

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

his forebears came to America on the Mayflower

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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