Illustrious ancestor Synonyms

Definitions for Illustrious


  • (adjective) standing above others in rank , importance, or achievement
  • (adjective) widely known and esteemed
  • (adjective) having or conferring glory

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)