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Synonyms for ancestry

19 synonyms
1 antonym
2 meanings

noun

Most common

descent parentage pedigree origin filiation derivation

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Descent

descent, parentage, pedigree, origin, genealogy, family, stock, bloodline, nationality, birth, race, blood, provenance, house, line, stemma, extraction

2. Filiation

filiation, derivation

Antonyms

All antonyms of ancestry →

Definitions

n. 1
The state of being ancestors.
n. 2
Birth to a noble or high-ranking family, or to someone of honorable descent.

Related words

Word family: ancestor ancestral

Forms

Plural: ancestries → descents, parentages, pedigrees, origins…

Example sentences

origin How many people of Algerian origin live in France?
descent Most of Algeria's population is of Berber descent.
parentage His parentage was unknown to us.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
ancestry		rising
origin		falling
descent		steady
pedigree		steady
parentage		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: line¹, race¹
5 letters: house¹, blood¹, stock¹, birth¹
6 letters: family³, origin³, stemma
7 letters: descent²
8 letters: pedigree³
9 letters: genealogy⁵, bloodline², parentage³, filiation
10 letters: extraction³, provenance³, derivation⁴
11 letters: nationality⁵

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (family³ = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français: ascendance
Español: ascendencia
Català: ascendència