primogenitor | Definition of primogenitor

Synonyms and Antonyms of primogenitor

a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent

the family held a huge reunion to mark the 200th anniviersary of their primogenitors' arrival in America

Synonyms of primogenitor

ancestor, father, forebear (also forbear), forebearer, forefather, grandfather, progenitor

Words Related to primogenitor

antecessor, predecessor [archaic]

ancestress, foremother, grandmother, matriarch

grandsire [archaic], patriarch, sire [archaic]

ancestry, antecedents, roots

Near Antonyms of primogenitor

children, family, issue, lineage, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed, stock

daughter, heir, inheritor, scion, son, successor

Antonyms of primogenitor

descendant (also descendent)