He is of noble ancestry.
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Ancestry
/ˈæn.sɛs.tɹi/
Synonyms for "ancestry" (150 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Noun(10 words)
affiliationagnateagnationalliancearistocracyaristocraticalnessbirthbloodblood relationblood relationshipblood relativeblue bloodbreedbreedingbrotherhoodbrothershipclansmancognate
Adjective(2 words)
american pastasian origin
Strong matches (45)
cognationcollateralcollateral relativecommon ancestrycommon descentconnectionconnectionsconsanguineanconsanguinitycousinhoodcousinshipderivationdescentdistaff sidedistant relationdistinctionenateenationextractionfamily
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fatherhoodfiliationfleshflesh and bloodfolksfraternitygenteelnessgentilitygermanhonorable descenthousekin
Noun(10 words)
cultural backgroundderivationdescentsdocumentationfamily historyfiliationgenealogiesgenealogygensheritage
Adjective(3 words)
deep rootsethnic originfamily origins
Related words (75)
kindredkinfolkkinnerykinsfolkkinshipkinsmankinsmenkinswomankith and kinlinelineagematernitymatrilineagematrilinymatrisibmatroclinymotherhoodnear relationnext of kinnobility
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noble birthnoblenessoriginpaternitypatrilineagepatrilinypatrisibpatroclinypedigreepeopleposteritypropinquityqualityracerankrelationrelationsrelationshiprelativerelativesroyaltysibsiblingsibshipsisterhoodsistershipsourcespear kinspear sidespindle kinspindle sidestockstrainsuccessionsword sideties of bloodtribesmanuterine kin
Noun(16 words)
Determiner(1 words)
most genetic history
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
12 entriesancestral backgroundbackgrounddatadocumentationfamily treegenealogyhereditary patternheritagehistoryinheritanceoriginrecords
More specific
10 entriesCollocations
5 entriesInflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 18 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- prejardhja noun (condition as to ancestors)
Asturian
2 entries- ascendencia noun (condition as to ancestors)
- llinaxe noun (condition as to ancestors)
Catalan
2 entries- ascendència noun (condition as to ancestors)
- llinatge noun (condition as to ancestors)
Dutch
2 entries- afstamming noun (condition as to ancestors)
- voorouders noun (condition as to ancestors)
French
1 entries- ascendance noun (condition as to ancestors)
Galician
4 entries- alcuña noun (condition as to ancestors)
- ascendencia noun (condition as to ancestors)
- avoenga noun (condition as to ancestors)
- castuaxe noun (condition as to ancestors)
German
1 entries- Vorfahren noun (condition as to ancestors)
Greek
4 entries- γενεαλογία noun (condition as to ancestors)
- γενεαλογικό δένδρο noun (condition as to ancestors)
- καταγωγή noun (condition as to ancestors)
- πρόγονοι noun (condition as to ancestors)
Italian
2 entries- ascendenza noun (condition as to ancestors)
- stirpe noun (condition as to ancestors)
Middle English
1 entries- auncestrie noun (condition as to ancestors)
Persian
1 entries- پروز noun (condition as to ancestors)
Polish
1 entries- pochodzenie noun (condition as to ancestors)
Portuguese
1 entries- ascendência noun (condition as to ancestors)
Russian
2 entries- происхожде́ние noun (condition as to ancestors)
- родосло́вная noun (condition as to ancestors)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sinnsearachd noun (condition as to ancestors)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- poreklo noun (condition as to ancestors)
- porijeklo noun (condition as to ancestors)
- postanak noun (condition as to ancestors)
- preci noun (condition as to ancestors)
Spanish
4 entries- abolengo noun (condition as to ancestors)
- alcurnia noun (condition as to ancestors)
- ascendencia noun (condition as to ancestors)
- linaje noun (condition as to ancestors)
Welsh
1 entries- ach noun (condition as to ancestors)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He is of Japanese ancestry.
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However, the singer does not deny her ancestry.
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Selena Gomez is of Mexican and Italian ancestry.
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