forebear Synonyms

forbear resist the temptation to stay source sire scout root prototype progenitor primogenitor presager predecessor precursor stock avant-garde predecessors fathers antecedents forefathers foreshadower forebearer grandparent trailblazer pater frontiersman creator precedent pioneer forefather father descendant dad begetter ascendent ascendant antecessor antecedent ancestry ancestress foregoer foremother parent originator mother lineage herald harbinger grandsire grandfather genealogy