progenitor
noun
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Definition of progenitor
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Synonyms & Antonyms for progenitor
Synonyms
ancestor, father, forebear (also forbear), forebearer, forefather, grandfather, primogenitor
Antonyms
descendant (also descendent)
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Greek, Turkish, and Arab camel drivers from the Eastern Mediterranean who have arrived in America with a boatload of dromedaries, which are the first of their kind to set foot on the continent since their progenitors died out in the last Ice Age. — Francisco Cantú, The New Yorker, "Téa Obreht Reimagines the Western," 12 Aug. 2019 While there are still rides and water, the park is a considerably more cautious version of its progenitor. — Jack Mccallum, SI.com, "Remembering Action Park, America's Most Dangerous, Daring Water Park," 1 July 2019 Iron was formed in the cores of the massive first stars that were the progenitors of the metal-poor ones, Ezzeddine says. — Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, "The Universe’s First Stars Exploded in Strange Ways," 31 May 2019 The Florida Man meme, which, like all memes, survives its progenitor’s retirement, was quick to turn up a metaphysical quandary: is Florida actually weirder than the rest of America? — Chris Wilson, Time, "Florida Man or Not Florida Man? Guess Which of These Stories Happened in Florida," 26 June 2019 The study suggests that stem and progenitor cells are younger than the rest of the organ, Conboy said. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "How old are your organs? Salk, UCSD mouse study finds human clues," 6 June 2019 Both authoritarian regimes are born of the same ideology, and have the same progenitors: Havana and Moscow. — Mary Anastasia O’grady, WSJ, "The Other Russian Meddling," 22 July 2018 The Met’s exhibition of the nation’s first major landscape artist and progenitor of what would be called the Hudson River School is gorgeous, politically right for right now and a lesson in the mutability of art history. — New York Times, "24 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend," 10 May 2018 It’s been called the progenitor of neo-Dadaism, the wellspring of a vast amount of absurdist millennial humor that’s pushed out of its niche Tumblr basement to hit the mainstream corridors of the internet. — Aja Romano, Vox, "Tumblr’s adult content ban is already harming the site’s vibrant community.," 5 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'progenitor.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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