Synonyms for ancestors
an·ces·tors

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1. ancestorsnoun

   Synonyms:
   forefathers

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1. List of paraphrases for "ancestors":

   forefathers, forebears, ancestry, great-grandfathers, predecessors, progenitors, ascendants, forbears, ancestries, fathers, grandfathers

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1. Mo Brooks:

   Now, our ancestors sacrificed their blood, their sweat, their tears, their fortunes, and sometimes their lives, to give us, their descendants, an America that is the greatest nation in world history. So I have a question for you : Are you willing to do the same ?

2. John Ciardi:

   Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.

3. United States:

   The 21st century has brought a series of new threats and new challenges that our ancestors might have never imagined, we can build the 21st century world order based on a new breed multilateralism, based on a more effective, accountable, and results-oriented multilateralism.

4. Joshua Swamidass:

   But now, clearing up some big scientificunderstandings, we know that all four of these things can be true at the same time, even if Adam and Eve lived as recently as just 6,000 years ago, they would be the genealogical ancestors of everyoneacross the globe by AD 1. They could even have been created de novo, from the dust and a rib. Of course, atthe same time, we would also descend from people outside the Garden, otherswhom God created by a providentially governed process of evolution.

5. Richard Stuart:

   We've got a lot left to do, i would be mad as hell if my ancestors' graves were desecrated in this way... I'm mad as hell that many of these families had to endure this... But I have been so taken by the grace that these families have shown. It's incredibly humbling that so many people have come together to do this... so that these families can mourn their loved ones.