Definitions For Ancestor

noun

  • Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
  • A person who was in someone's family in past times : one of the people from whom a person is descended
  • An animal in the past from which a modern animal developed
  • Something in the past from which something else has developed

Is Ancestors a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
13

The word Ancestor is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Ancestor in a Sentence

  • My ancestors came to America during the 1800s.
  • Her ancestors were great sea captains.
  • An ancient animal that was the ancestor of the modern horse

Synonyms for Ancestor

Antonyms for Ancestors

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