Synonyms for lineage
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Pedigree — descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of…
pedigree, bloodline, parentage, descendant US, descendent UK, descent, line, family, dynasty, offspring, genealogy, birth, stock, blood, succession, extraction, breed, consanguinity, house, stemma, progeny dated, race dated, strain dated
2. Filiation
Definitions
- n. 1
Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
- n. 2
A number of lines of text in a column.
Related words
- Word family
- line lineal linear
- Phrases
- matrilineal lineage patrilineal lineage female lineage male lineage lineage temple lineage zone
- Other spellings
- linage
Forms
- Plural
- lineages → pedigrees, bloodlines, parentages, descendants…
Example sentences
- descendant I am a descendant of Charlemagne. And so are you.
- parentage His parentage was unknown to us.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| lineage | rising | |
| pedigree | steady | |
| descendant | steady | |
| bloodline | rising | |
| parentage | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- line1, race1
- 5 letters
- house1, blood1, stock1, birth1, breed1
- 6 letters
- family3, strain1, stemma
- 7 letters
- descent2, dynasty3, progeny3
- 8 letters
- pedigree3
- 9 letters
- offspring2, genealogy5, bloodline2, parentage3, filiation
- 10 letters
- succession3, extraction3, descendant3, derivation4, descendent3
- 13 letters
- consanguinity
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (family3 = 3 syllables).