PEDIGREES Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

pedigrees

noun

plural of pedigree

as in lineages

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended a woman of good pedigree

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Recent Examples of pedigrees The cast has become a kind of living monument to New York theater, with Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Donna Murphy, Kelli O’Hara, Audra McDonald, and many others bringing Broadway pedigrees to the series. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026 That’s why the mission was to create waves on the defensive line, to add game-changers built for big moments, such as Dexter Lawrence, and to focus on players with winning, championship pedigrees. — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Lower-budget genre films—Backrooms, Obsession and Iron Lung, many driven by creators with YouTube and small-screen pedigrees—have broken through with younger viewers. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 July 2026 Project Hail Mary’s position will also be tested against new releases from filmmakers with stronger Oscar pedigrees. — Sophia Morano, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 Powerful family ties will also be in the spotlight in Maine and South Carolina, where candidates with political pedigrees are running for office. — ABC News, 9 June 2026 The candidates have performed in a way that embodies their entertainment pedigrees. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2026 And despite their noticeably different contract situations and pedigrees, the pair of new arrivals have worked together within the same position room over the past few weeks. — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026 This year’s list of the hot new restaurants covers the latest and greatest, including tiny but mighty dining rooms that punch well above their weight, and hotel fine diners with prestigious pedigrees. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Rather than reflecting genuinely absent enzymes, these gaps could simply mirror methodological limitations in the phylogenetic reconstruction that prevented the identification of all the original ancient enzymes in bacterial and archaean lineages.

— Philip Ball, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
The fossil indicates that lineages closely related to the Euparkeriidae were also present in South America, highlighting the continent’s role in the early diversification of the relatives of dinosaurs and crocodiles.

— The Conversation, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of lineages

Noun

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
This technique overcomes limitations of older methods like genotyping arrays, which were often biased towards European ancestries and less accurate.

— William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of ancestries

Noun

The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.

— Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025

Definition of genealogies

Noun

As the lines between the living and dead blur, the book shows that our worst ghosts are the wounds in our own bloodlines.

— Shane Hawk, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
Now, after spending this year’s third-round pick on Barry Bonds’ nephew, outfielder Peyton Bonds, the Giants have plenty of bloodlines from their 2002 World Series team with none of the blood feud.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

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