FOREBEAR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A person from whom you are descended

Synonyms:

forbear; forebear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("forebear" is a kind of...):

ancestor; antecedent; ascendant; ascendent; root (someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forebear"):

grandparent (a parent of your father or mother)

great grandparent (a parent of your grandparent)