Former ancestor Synonyms

Definitions for Former


  • (adjective) having been such at some previous time
  • (adjective) going before another in time or order
  • (noun) the first of two or the first mentioned of two

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)