'ancestor' definitions:
Definition of 'ancestor'
From: WordNet
noun
Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) [syn: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root] [ant: descendant, descendent]
Synonyms of 'ancestor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ancestress,
- announcer,
- antecedent,
- ascendant,
- avant-garde,
- begetter,
- bellwether,
- buccinator,
- bushwhacker,
- explorer,
- forebear,
- forefather,
- foregoer,
- forerunner,
- front runner,
- frontiersman,
- fugleman,
- grandparent,
- groundbreaker,
- guide,
- harbinger,
- herald,
- innovator,
- lead runner,
- leader,
- messenger,
- parent,
- pathfinder,
- pioneer,
- point,
- precedent,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- premise,
- primogenitor,
- procreator,
- progenitor,
- progenitress,
- progenitrix,
- prototype,
- scout,
- stormy petrel,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- vanguard,
- vaunt-courier,
- voortrekker