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