Ancestor

What do we mean by ancestor?

A person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear. noun

A forerunner or predecessor. noun

The person from whom an estate has been inherited. noun

The actual or hypothetical organism or stock from which later kinds evolved. noun

One from whom a person is descended in the line of either father or mother; a forefather; a progenitor. noun

In law, one, whether a progenitor or a collateral relative, who has preceded another in the course of inheritance; one from whom an inheritance is derived: the correlative of heir: sometimes used specifically of the immediate progenitor. noun

In biology, according to the theory of evolution, the hypothetical form or stock, of an earlier and presumably lower type, from which any organized being is inferred to have been directly or indirectly developed. noun

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father. noun

An earlier type; a progenitor. noun

One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir. noun

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. noun

An earlier type; a progenitor noun

One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir. noun

One who had the same role or function in former times. noun

Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) noun

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.

An earlier type; a progenitor

One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.

One who had the same role or function in former times.

A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.

Ancestor is defined recursively as your: 1, Parents, AND 2, Your parent's ancestors. Urban Dictionary

The act of researching your family tree. Actively tracking down and documenting your ancestors. Using any and all available resources to track down your genealogy. Urban Dictionary

A word for "friend" to be used informally and colloquially, in the same way that 'mate' or 'dude' are. Also the plural can be used to address a larger group of friends, in the same way as 'guys' can. Urban Dictionary

When somebody keeps interrupting your talk by saying your mom, the phrase "your ancestor" will be the best way to shut his/her mouth because there's no way that person will reply back with the bigger word Urban Dictionary

A term that originated from the Book Series Vampire Hunter D by Yoshitaka Amano The name is honorific title that Vampires (Nobility) use when referring to Dracula. Urban Dictionary

The worse comeback ever, reminds me of brokeback for some reason Urban Dictionary

When you get so trashed the night before that you feel worse than your dad, granddad, or great grandad. You are in fact at ancestor status. The only thing worse is Baghdad. Urban Dictionary

Shaming a (member of) a group based on the crimes of their potential ancestors. Urban Dictionary

The incest family tree Urban Dictionary

Your whole life is lie and everything you know and love will disintegrate into nothingness . But, you keep going some how Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to ancestor:
ancestor, dancestor, nestor, ancestry, investor, ancestors, accentor, acceptor, attestor, accessor, arrestor, inceptor, ancaster, alcester, incesto.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word ancestor:
veneration, mya, clade, homo, descendants, descendant, ancestors, phylogenetic, worship, lineage, ancestral, mitochondrial, clan, dukes, descended, ago, spirits, extant, paternal, mutation, fossil, evolutionary, dynasty, evolved, fossils, mammals, ancestry, extinct, genes, maternal, surname, organisms, baronet, generations, emigrated, grandfather, mac, genera, grandson, evolution, kings, genetic, humans, relatives, hypothesis, tribe, ibn, languages, descent, baron, modern, molecular, gods, noble, cult, genus, muhammad, originated, sir, inherited, dna, lived, eldest, closely, duke, earl, elder.

Words that rhyme with ancestor:
sequester, fester, ester, pester, nestor, jester, requester, semester, esther, tester, investor, protester, trimester, leicester, chester, polyester, manchester, molester, nester, lester, rochester, kester, winchester, sylvester, hester, zester, wester, quester, questor, digester, vester, mester, bester, dorchester, rester, westar, silvester, child molester, wrester, sylvestre, corporate investor, mestre, earl of leicester, westchester, toy manchester, questar, ivester, trester, genus nestor, cellulose ester, accessed her, addressed her, amvestor, arrest her, assessed her, attest her, bankworcester, best her, blessed her, blest her, breast her, brester, caressed her, chest her, compressed her, confessed her, depressed her, detest her, digest her, dispossessed her, distressed her, divest her, dressed her, expressed her, guessed her, impressed her, invest her, lest her, manifest her, mclester, messed her, molest her, obsessed her, oppressed her, possessed her, pressed her, professed her, protest her, reassessed her, repressed her, request her, rest her, stressed her, suggest her, suppressed her, test her, testor, undressed her, vestar, wenchester.

Adjectives that are often used to describe ancestor:
common, first, direct, great, remote, american, single, immediate, earliest, original, distant, male, paternal, immigrant, founding, illustrious, eponymous, recent, mythical, female, maternal, famous, dead, wild, spiritual, like, primitive, ancient, deceased, divine, hypothetical, lineal, nearest, legendary, apical, distinguished, literary, tribal, royal, oldest, noble, probable, totemic, ultimate, putative, african, intellectual, universal, collateral, venerable, unknown, century, closest, worthy, remotest, reputed, immortal, heroic, revered, evolutionary, mythic, revolutionary, likely, puritan, renowned, deified, fifth, seventh, toed, mythological, primeval, prehistoric, glorious, reptilian.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective ancestor:
worship, cult, spirits, worshippers, god, hunting, gods, shrine, hunters, host, worshipers, cults, spirit, figures, continents, veneration, self, nodes, wisdom, deity, hunter, worshipper, lord, descendant, temple, heroes, worshiper, propitiation, deities, generations, myth, reverence, hood, hunt, rituals.

Consonant match to ancestor:
unsister, incest a, incest to, insist a, insist he.

Words that sound like ancestor:
ancestor, ancestors, ancestry, insister, incest, insist, manchester, ancestral, ancestress, assister, ancaster, ancestries, ansett, anixter, assistor, lanchester, encyst, investor, inciter, incenter, infester, inceptor, canister, banister, bannister, cannister, anise tree, ganister, my sister, insists, amster, angest, insider, winchester, onset, incisor, assessed, incensed, assessor, inset, unset, inserter, sst, bonesetter, ssr, unsexed, desastre, dniester, instr, incense tree, insessores, nsr, unsensed, amateur, transistor, ances, alister, allister, anzus, alastor, chances are, assesor, anses, ansatz, answer, assist, asset, aster, anteater, anser, astor, annexed, asist, answerer, anter, accessed, ant eater, anapest, ammeter, anisette, antre, antar, anstey, ansar, alster, abscessed, accessor, annotator, ass hair, anapaest, antecessor, ant-eater, asbest, -aster, ancd, ansaid, assisters, azure aster, ancestrally, astur.