forebear Synonyms

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