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Showing words for ANCESTOR using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Ancestor

ancestor, carstone, enactors, entosarc, sarconet, sortance

7 Letter Words for Ancestor

atoners, canters, cantors, carnets, carnose, cartons, certosa, coarsen, coaster, coaters, conster, contras, corneas, cornets, costean, cratons, creasot, creston, cretons, cronets, earcons, enactor, narcose, nectars, noreast, octanes, orantes, orcanet, recants, recoast, recoats, rosetan, santero, scanter, seatron, senator, sorance, tanrecs, trances, treason

6 Letter Words for Ancestor

acorns, acrons, acrose, actons, actors, antres, arcose, arseno, ascent, asnort, astern, astone, astore, astron, atoner, atones, atroce, caners, canoes, canter, cantor, cantos, carest, carets, carnet, carone, carson, cartes, carton, casern, casten, caster, castor, castro, caters, censor, centas, centos, centra, centro, ceston, coarse, coater, coates, constr, contas, conter, contes, contra, cornea, cornet, corset, cortes, coseat, costar, coster, cotans, cranes, cranet, crants, crates, craton, creant, crenas, cretan, crones, cronet, croset, crosne, earcon, enacts, enstar, escort, nacres, narcos, nectar, nestor, norate, noster, noters, oaters, oceans, octane, octans, oncers, orante, orants, orates, ornate, ostrca, ostrea, racons, rances, reacts, reason, recant, recast, recoat, recons, recost, rectos, rescan, roates, roncet, rontes, rosace, satron, scoter, scrota, secant, sector, senora, snocat, stance, stenar, stoner, strone, tanrec, tarocs, tenors, tensor, toners, torans, traces, trance, transe, tronas, troncs, trones

5 Letter Words for Ancestor

acers, acnes, acone, acorn, acost, acres, acron, acton, actor, actos, aeron, ancor, ancre, anser, antes, antre, arces, arent, arest, arets, arose, arson, ascon, ascot, aster, astor, astre, atocs, atone, atren, caner, canes, canoe, canos, canso, canst, canto, cants, cares, caret, carne, carns, carot, carse, carte, carts, caser, caste, cater, cates, catso, cento, cents, ceras, cerat, ceros, certs, cesar, cesta, coart, coast, coate, coats, coner, cones, const, conta, conte, contr, coran, cores, corns, corse, corta, cosen, coset, costa, coste, cotan, cotes, crane, crans, crate, crena, crest, creta, croat, crone, crosa, crose, crost, csnet, earns, earst, ecart, enact, erato, escar, escot, estoc, estro, etnas, nacre, narco, narcs, nares, nates, nears, neats, necro, nerts, norse, noser, noter, notes, oaten, oater, ocean, ocrea, octan, octas, oncer, onces, oncet, oners, onset, orans, orant, orate, orcas, ornes, oscan, oscar, races, racon, rance, rants, rasen, rason, rates, ratos, react, reans, reast, recon, recto, rents, resat, retan, roans, roast, roate, rocta, rones, ronte, ronts, roset, rotan, rotas, rotes, sacre, sacro, sanct, saner, santo, saone, saron, scant, scare, scarn, scart, sceat, scena, scent, scone, score, scorn, scote, scrae, scran, scrat, secno, senor, seora, serac, seron, serta, seton, snare, snore, snort, soare, sonar, sonce, sorta, stane, stare, starn, stean, stear, steno, stern, stero, stoae, stone, store, strae, taces, tacos, tacso, tares, tarns, taroc, taros, tarse, tasco, taser, tears, tecon, tenor, tenso, teras, terna, terns, toeas, toner, tones, toran, torcs, tores, torse, tosca, trace, trans, treas, troca, trona, tronc, trone, trons

4 Letter Words for Ancestor

acer, aces, acne, acor, acre, acts, aero, ance, anes, anet, anre, ante, ants, arco, arcs, aren, ares, aret, arno, arte, arts, asor, astr, ates, atoc, cane, cans, cant, caon, care, carn, cars, cart, case, cast, cate, cats, ceas, cens, cent, cera, cern, cero, cert, cest, coat, coes, cone, cons, cont, cora, core, corn, cors, cort, cose, cost, cote, cots, cran, cres, crts, eans, earn, ears, east, eats, econ, ecto, ento, entr, eoan, eons, eras, erat, erns, eros, erst, esca, etas, etna, eton, nace, naos, narc, nare, naso, nast, nato, natr, nats, near, neat, nest, nets, noes, nore, nose, nota, note, nots, nsec, oars, oast, oats, ocas, octa, onca, once, oner, ones, onst, orae, oran, oras, orca, orcs, ores, orna, orts, osar, race, rane, rant, rast, rate, rato, rats, rean, recs, rect, reno, rent, rest, rets, roan, rocs, roes, rone, ront, rosa, rose, rost, rota, rotc, rote, rots, saco, sane, sant, sare, sart, sate, scan, scar, scat, scet, scot, sean, sear, seat, seco, sect, sena, sent, seor, sero, sert, seta, snar, snot, soar, soca, soce, sone, sora, sore, sorn, sort, srac, star, sten, ster, stoa, stor, stra, stre, tace, taco, taen, tane, tans, taos, tare, tarn, taro, tars, tean, tear, teas, teca, tens, tera, tern, tocs, toea, toes, tone, tons, torc, tore, torn, tors, tosa, tose, trac, tres, trna, tron

3 Letter Words for Ancestor

ace, act, aer, aes, anc, ane, ans, ant, aor, arc, are, arn, ars, art, ase, ast, ate, can, car, cat, cen, ceo, cer, cns, con, cor, cos, cot, cro, crs, crt, cst, cte, ctn, cto, ctr, cts, ean, ear, eas, eat, eco, ect, enc, ens, eon, eos, era, ern, ers, ert, esc, esr, est, eta, etc, nae, nar, nas, nat, nco, nea, neo, net, noa, nor, nos, not, oar, oas, oat, oca, oct, oer, oes, ona, one, ons, ont, ora, orc, ore, ors, ort, ose, otc, ran, ras, rat, rct, rea, rec, res, rna, roc, roe, ron, ros, rot, rte, sac, san, sao, sar, sat, scr, sct, sea, sec, sen, ser, set, soc, son, sot, sta, str, tan, tao, tar, tas, tea, tec, ten, ter, tes, toa, toc, toe, ton, tor, tos, tra, trs

Definitions for Ancestor

[1] a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
[2] Biology . the actual or hypothetical form or stock from which an organism has developed or descended.
[3] an object, idea, style, or occurrence serving as a prototype, forerunner, or inspiration to a later one: The balloon is an ancestor of the modern dirigible.
[4] a person who serves as an influence or model for another; one from whom mental, artistic, spiritual, etc., descent is claimed: a philosophical ancestor.
[5] Law . a person from whom an heir derives an inheritance.
[6] (often plural) a person from whom another is directly descended, esp someone more distant than a grandparent; forefather
[7] an early type of animal or plant from which a later, usually dissimilar, type has evolved
[8] a person or thing regarded as a forerunner of a later person or thing the ancestor of the modern camera

Words related to Ancestor

forebear, founder, forefather, antecedent, ascendant, precursor, forerunner, progenitor, foremother, primogenitor, antecessor

Words nearby Ancestor

anbury, anc, anc., ancaeus, ancaster, ancestor, ancestor worship, ancestral, ancestress, ancestry, anch'ing

Origin of Ancestor

1250–1300; Middle English ancestre < Old French (with t developed between s and r ) < Latin antecessor antecessor

Words that may be confused with Ancestor

ancestor, descendant

Word origin for Ancestor

C13: from Old French ancestre, from Late Latin antecēssor one who goes before, from Latin antecēdere; see antecede

Synonyms for Ancestor

forebear, forefather, founder, antecedent, ascendant, foremother, forerunner, precursor, primogenitor, progenitor, antecessor, foregoer