Synonyms for genealogy
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Noun
1. Ancestry — the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree
ancestry, pedigree, family, family tree, lineage, descent, extraction, derivation
Definitions
- n. 1
The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
Related words
- Word family
- genealogical
Forms
- Plural
- genealogies → ancestries, pedigrees, families, lineages…
Example sentences
- ancestry She claims she has absolutely no Berber ancestry.
- lineage The young rabbi often brags about his lineage.
By length
- 6 letters
- family3
- 7 letters
- descent2, lineage3
- 8 letters
- ancestry3, pedigree3
- 10 letters
- extraction3, derivation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (family3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- généalogie
- Italiano
- genealogia
- Español
- genealogía