lineage

Noun

Meaning

Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

line origin stock descent ancestry parentage pedigree bloodline blood dynasty background heritage extraction derivation genealogy
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Antonyms

origin morning offspring finishing predecessor extraction
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Hypernyms

number rate relationship inheritance kinship genealogy

Hyponyms

sept family side origin folk descent

Related terms

line linear lineal

Phrases with the word

myeloid lineage family lineage kraken lineage parental lineage determination italian honeybee lineage arab lineage

Examples

I am a practicing Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks me if I'm Jewish, I say yes. Neve Campbell

When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth. Alex Haley

What value is lineage to a drowning man? Robert Silverberg

We are enmeshed in a lineage that came from somewhere and is going to make way for the next generation. Leon Kass

From the beginning of time, we've told stories, Shamans and Medicine People, and not to be pompous about it, but I feel like that is the lineage I take down and where I come from. There is magic to storytelling. Lynn Collins

Had my lineage and rank been accompanied by only moderate success, I should have come to this city as friend rather than prisoner, and you would not have disdained to ally yourself peacefully with one so nobly born, the ruler of so many nations. Caratacus

Close letter words and terms

linea nigra lineable lineactant lineage temple lineage zone lineaged