forefather
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the founder of a family
keep the faith of our forefathers
Types & categories
- antecedent hypernym
- patriarch hyponym
Related & opposite
- sire derivation
Sense 2 noun
person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group
our forefathers brought forth a great nation
Types & categories
- predecessor hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sire |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | antecedent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | patriarch |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | predecessor |