LINEAGE Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

lineage

noun

ˈli-nē-ij

Definition of lineage

as in ancestry

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended his Italian lineage was very important to him

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as in family

a group of persons who come from the same ancestor it is now generally accepted that the lineage of Thomas Jefferson includes black as well as white members

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Recent Examples of lineage Despite their lineage, the sisters struggled for more than a decade to get a record like this made. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 26 Aug. 2026 The sisters’ songwriting chops are solid — no surprise given their lineage — and their interplay as singers is a constant delight. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026 In addition, the way in initial cases occurred in clusters within the market and the distribution of the earliest viral lineages, is consistent with the likelihood that several separate animal-to-human spillover events took place in late 2019. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Aug. 2026 Britain does not field the US W76-1 or W76-2, although its sovereign warhead shares design lineage and technical commonality with the W76 and currently uses the Mk4A reentry body. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lineage

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Noun

According to Census data taken between 2019 and 2023, the number of residents of Italian ancestry in Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, and the Columbia Waterfront District was down 25 percent over the previous 13 years.

— Rachel Corbett, Curbed, 31 Aug. 2026
But Shanes questioned whether grouping Jews under a single ethnic category would produce sufficiently specific data for those purposes, or instead obscure differences among Jewish populations with distinct ancestries.

— Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of ancestry

Noun

In our efforts to reciprocate with some updates about our family, the wife would interject within a sentence or two of our contribution to hijack the conversation back to talking about her family.

— R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2026
The role of companies Singapore’s new scheme shifts from merely encouraging births to focus on family well-being over the long term, which might help change how potential parents think about children.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of family

Noun

The site is significant and dates to the 1600s, for council meetings between tribes around the Great Lakes.

— Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
But the association will not advertise a destination until the tribe or business approves its description – a small reversal of the old roadside economy, in which outsiders invented Native identities for signs and souvenirs.

— Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of tribe

Noun

Mosquito traps have now been installed at the airport, Fraport said, adding that the mosquitos captured will be genetically analyzed by the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium, to determine their species and origin.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Fans of Waterbird Coffee were without their downtown Kansas City spot for just a few months before new owners strode in — single origin beans in hand — to save it.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of origin

Noun

Genichiro, the clan’s new leader and Isshin’s grandson, wants to use the Dragon’s Heritage to win the war and abducts Kuro.

— Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
Speaking with actress Leslie Mann during the episode, Kylie Kelce brought up Swift and her growing influence on the Kelce clan.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of clan

Noun

Students who had completed Ramapo’s investigative genetic genealogy certificate program volunteered to research the case and identified Krusely as a candidate in December 2025, according to the college.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
The scientists’ method reconstructs genealogies, or maps showing where different pieces of DNA came from and how they were passed down, revealing branches of our evolutionary past.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of genealogy

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