Common ancestor Synonyms

Definitions for Common


  • (adjective) often observed or encountered
  • (adjective) being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events
  • (adjective) belonging or relating to the whole

Definitions for Ancestor


  • (noun) a person who is several generations earlier in an individual 's line of descent
  • (noun) something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed
  • (noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)