GRANDSIRE Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word grandsire. (close relations)
Definition of GRANDSIRE
grandfather
Best Alternative Words for GRANDSIRE
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ancestor | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | ||||||||
antecedent | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • preceding in time or order noun • someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) • a preceding occurrence or cause or event • anything that precedes something similar in time • the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun | ||||||||
forebear | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person from whom you are descended | ||||||||
forefather | nounn | |||||||
noun • the founder of a family • person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group | ||||||||
patriarch | nounn | |||||||
noun • title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem) • the male head of family or tribe • any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race • a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself | ||||||||
progenitor | nounn | |||||||
noun • an ancestor in the direct line |