9 Letter Words for Ancestors
ancestors, sarconets, sortances
8 Letter Words for Ancestors
ancestor, ascensor, assentor, carstone, coarsens, coarsest, coassert, coasters, consters, contessa, costeans, crantses, crestons, enactors, entosarc, essorant, narcoses, santeros, sarconet, scanstor, senators, socrates, sortance, starnose, treasons
7 Letter Words for Ancestors
actress, ancress, ascents, astones, astrose, atoners, canters, cantors, carnets, carnose, carosse, cartons, caserns, cassone, casters, castors, censors, certosa, cessant, coarsen, coaster, coaters, conster, contras, corneas, cornets, corsets, costars, costean, costers, cratons, creasot, cresson, creston, cretons, cronets, crosnes, earcons, enactor, escorts, narcose, nectars, nestors, noreast, octanes, orantes, orcanet, reasons, recants, recasts, recoast, recoats, rescans, rosaces, rosetan, santero, sarsnet, scanter, scoters, seatron, secants, sectors, senator, senoras, sorance, stances, stoners, tanrecs, tensors, trances, transes, treason, tresson
6 Letter Words for Ancestors
acorns, acrons, acrose, across, actons, actors, antres, arcose, arseno, arsons, ascent, ascots, asnort, assent, assert, assort, astern, asters, astone, astore, astron, atoner, atones, atroce, caners, canoes, cansos, canter, cantor, cantos, caress, carest, carets, carnet, carone, carses, carson, cartes, carton, casern, casson, casten, caster, castes, castor, castro, caters, catsos, censor, centas, centos, centra, centro, cessor, cestas, ceston, cestos, coarse, coasts, coater, coates, constr, contas, conter, contes, contra, cornea, cornet, corses, corset, cortes, coseat, cosets, cosset, costar, coster, costes, cotans, cranes, cranet, crants, crases, crates, craton, creant, crenas, crests, cretan, crones, cronet, croset, crosne, crosse, earcon, enacts, enstar, escars, escort, escots, essart, estocs, nacres, naoses, narcos, nasser, nectar, nestor, norate, nosers, noster, noters, oaters, oceans, octane, octans, oncers, onsets, orante, orants, orates, ornate, oscars, ostrca, ostrea, racons, rances, ranses, reacts, reason, reasts, recant, recast, recoat, recons, recost, rectos, rescan, retoss, roasts, roates, roncet, rontes, rosace, rosets, sanest, santos, sarsen, sarson, satron, scants, scares, scarts, scenas, scents, scones, scores, scorns, scorse, scoter, scraes, scrans, scrats, scrota, season, secant, sector, senora, senors, sensor, seracs, serons, serosa, seston, setons, snares, snaste, snocat, snores, snorts, soares, sonars, sonces, sorest, sortes, stance, stanes, stares, starns, steans, stears, stenar, stenos, sterns, stoner, stones, stores, straes, strone, tanrec, tarocs, tasers, tasser, tenors, tensas, tensor, terass, toners, torans, torses, tossen, tosser, traces, trance, transe, tronas, troncs, trones, tsores
5 Letter Words for Ancestors
acers, acnes, acone, acorn, acost, acres, acron, acton, actor, actos, aeron, ancor, ancre, anser, antes, antre, arces, arent, arest, arets, arose, arson, ascon, ascot, asset, assoc, assot, aster, astor, astre, atocs, atone, atren, caner, canes, canoe, canos, canso, canst, canto, cants, cares, caret, carne, carns, carot, carse, carte, carts, caser, cases, casse, caste, casts, 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, coses, coset, cosse, costa, coste, costs, cotan, cotes, crane, crans, crass, crate, crena, cress, crest, creta, croat, crone, crosa, crose, cross, crost, csnet, earns, earst, easts, ecart, enact, erato, escar, escot, estoc, estro, etnas, nacre, narco, narcs, nares, nates, nears, neats, necro, nerts, nests, norse, noser, noses, noter, notes, oases, oasts, oaten, oater, ocean, ocrea, octan, octas, oncer, onces, oncet, oners, onset, orans, orant, orate, orcas, ornes, oscan, oscar, ossea, osset, races, racon, rance, rants, rasen, rason, rasse, rates, ratos, react, reans, reast, recon, recto, rents, resat, rests, retan, roans, roast, roate, rocta, rones, ronte, ronts, roses, roset, rosts, rotan, rotas, rotes, sacre, sacro, sanct, saner, sanes, santo, sants, saone, saron, saros, sates, scans, scant, scare, scarn, scars, scart, scase, scats, sceat, scena, scent, scone, score, scorn, scote, scots, scrae, scran, scrat, seans, sears, seats, secno, secos, sects, senas, senor, sensa, senso, sents, seora, serac, seron, serta, seton, snare, snars, snast, snore, snort, snots, soare, soars, socas, sonar, sonce, sones, sonse, soras, sores, sorns, sorta, sorts, ssort, sstor, stane, stare, starn, stars, stean, stear, steno, stens, stern, stero, stoae, stoas, stone, store, strae, taces, tacos, tacso, tares, tarns, taroc, taros, tarse, tasco, taser, tasse, tears, tecon, tenor, tenso, teras, terna, terns, toeas, toner, tones, toran, torcs, tores, torse, tosas, tosca, toses, trace, trans, trass, treas, tress, troca, trona, tronc, trone, trons
4 Letter Words for Ancestors
acer, aces, acne, acor, acre, acts, aero, ance, anes, anet, anre, ante, ants, arco, arcs, aren, ares, aret, arno, arte, arts, asor, asse, assn, asst, astr, ates, atoc, cane, cans, cant, caon, care, carn, cars, cart, case, cass, cast, cate, cats, ceas, cens, cent, cera, cern, cero, cert, cess, cest, coat, coes, cone, cons, cont, cora, core, corn, cors, cort, cose, coss, cost, cote, cots, cran, cres, crts, eans, earn, ears, east, eats, econ, ecto, ento, entr, eoan, eons, eras, erat, erns, eros, erst, esca, ests, etas, etna, eton, nace, naos, narc, nare, naso, nast, nato, natr, nats, near, neat, ness, 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, oses, ossa, osse, race, rane, rant, rast, rate, rato, rats, rean, recs, rect, reno, rent, rest, rets, roan, rocs, roes, rone, ront, rosa, rose, ross, rost, rota, rotc, rote, rots, saco, sacs, sane, sans, sant, sare, sars, sart, sate, scan, scar, scat, scet, scot, sean, sear, seas, seat, seco, secs, sect, sena, sens, sent, seor, sero, sers, sert, seta, sets, snar, snot, soar, soca, soce, socs, sone, sons, sora, sore, sorn, sort, sots, srac, star, sten, ster, stoa, stor, stra, stre, tace, taco, taen, tane, tans, taos, tare, tarn, taro, tars, tass, tean, tear, teas, teca, tens, tera, tern, tocs, toea, toes, tone, tons, torc, tore, torn, tors, tosa, tose, toss, trac, tres, trna, tron
3 Letter Words for Ancestors
ace, act, aer, aes, anc, ane, ans, ant, aor, arc, are, arn, ars, art, ase, ass, 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, ess, 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, sse, sta, str, tan, tao, tar, tas, tea, tec, ten, ter, tes, toa, toc, toe, ton, tor, tos, tra, trs, tss
Definitions for Ancestors
[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 Ancestors
ancestorforebear, founder, forefather, antecedent, ascendant, precursor, forerunner, progenitor, foremother, primogenitor, antecessor
Words nearby Ancestors
ancestoranbury, anc, anc., ancaeus, ancaster, ancestor, ancestor worship, ancestral, ancestress, ancestry, anch'ing
Origin of Ancestors
1250–1300; Middle English ancestre < Old French (with t developed between s and r ) < Latin antecessor antecessor
Words that may be confused with Ancestors
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, ancestorancestor, descendant
Word origin for Ancestors
C13: from Old French ancestre, from Late Latin antecēssor one who goes before, from Latin antecēdere; see antecede
Synonyms for Ancestors
forebear, forefather, founder, antecedent, ascendant, foremother, forerunner, precursor, primogenitor, progenitor, antecessor, foregoer