All foremother synonyms
foreΒ·mothΒ·er
F f noun foremother
- forebear β Usually, forebears. ancestors; forefathers.
- founder β a person who founds or casts metal, glass, etc.
- forefather β an ancestor.
- origin β something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead: to follow a stream to its origin.
- parentage β derivation or descent from parents or ancestors; birth, origin, or lineage: a man of distinguished parentage.
- descent β A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- genealogy β a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
- heritage β something that is handed down from the past, as a tradition: a national heritage of honor, pride, and courage.
- lineage β the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- ancestor β Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.
- bloodline β A person's bloodline is their ancestors over many generations, and the characteristics they are believed to have inherited from these ancestors.
- antecedent β An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way.
- ascendant β proceeding upwards; rising
- precursor β a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor.
- forerunner β predecessor; ancestor; forebear; precursor.
- progenitor β a biologically related ancestor: a progenitor of the species.
- primogenitor β a first parent or earliest ancestor: Adam and Eve are the primogenitors of the human race.
- race β Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
- pedigree β an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry.
- house β a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- breed β A breed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example, terriers are a breed of dog.
- kindred β a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- source β any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- derivation β The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.
- blood β Blood is the red liquid that flows inside your body, which you can see if you cut yourself.
- line β a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
- breeding β If someone says that a person has breeding, they mean that they think the person is from a good social background and has good manners.
- stock β a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- parent β a father or a mother.
- predecessor β parent
- father β a male parent.
- mother β parent
- forbear β to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
- ascendent β a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence: With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position.
- family β the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family.
- seed β the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- birth β When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.
- foregoer β Alternative form of forgoer.
- extraction β The action of taking out something, especially using effort or force.
- ancestry β Your ancestry is the fact that you are descended from certain people.
- antecessor β a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before
- forego β forgo.