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 For the most part, Nike keeps the classic models from its seemingly limitless Air Max lineage separated, allowing sneakers such as the Air Max 90 and Air Max 95 to have their own unique identities and signature colorways. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026 Some ancestral lineages diverged roughly 21,000 years ago, according to the review. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Say Now joins an extensive lineage of British girl groups — from Spice Girls, Sugababes, and Girls Aloud to Little Mix and their more contemporary peers Flo. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026 Even though the company, founded by a Swedish master saddler 174 years ago, is a relative newborn in the long lineage of mattresses, and despite the 2000T model only dating back to 1978, that’s still plenty of time to replicate it. — Jaklin Romine oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lineage

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Noun

All participants were also of European ancestry, so the findings may not apply to people of different races and ethnicities.

— Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Despite Africa’s central place in human origins and its extraordinary genetic diversity, people of African ancestry remain underrepresented in the genomic datasets used to understand disease, estimate health risks, and develop treatments.

— Segun Fatumo, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of ancestry

Noun

Another family attempted to navigate the gate to access medical appointments.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Sanders, who spoke alongside el Sayed in Grand Rapids, said Trump’s attacks on the Democratic candidate were rooted in Islamophobia because Republicans have little to say about the issues affecting working families.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of family

Noun

Indigenous tribes adopted names including the drying rice moon, the falling leaves moon and the migrating moon.

— Dharma Niles, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
The initiatives pitted some of California’s most successful Native American tribes with gaming interests against gambling corporations, including online sports gaming companies DraftKings and FanDuel.

— Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of tribe

Noun

In its news release, the Bureau tracked the origins of Halloween to the Samhain festival, which was popular among Celtic communities in ancient Ireland and Britain.

— Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026
His father — a World War II veteran, teacher, coach, athletic director and school bus driver — is at the center of almost every origin story Thune tells.

— Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of origin

Noun

Advertisement The docuseries marks the first time the Loofe clan is sharing their side of the story, along with Nebraska investigators and an FBI agent assigned to the case.

— Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
All of these came from the family’s own archives, a treasure trove that shows the focus on craftsmanship that is almost genetic to the Prada clan.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of clan

Noun

The forensic department at Oklahoma State University then took over genealogy profiling, according to Rouse.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Lichtman's discovery highlights the role of JewishGen, one of the world's largest online resources for Jewish genealogy.

— Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of genealogy

Noun

The country's upper house of parliament voted last month to require UBS to hold 90% of Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital, or about $16 billion in extra shares, as collateral to support its foreign subsidiaries.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
The stranger’s dress had been stored in the family’s house for more than a decade.

— Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

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