Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus Cite Synonyms of ancestry Find synonyms for: Noun1. lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock, genealogy, family treeusage: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"2. ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation, inheritance, hereditary patternusage: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodlineWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.See also: ancestry (Dictionary) Related Content Daily Word Quiz: parallax Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language Synonyms Index