PROGENITOR Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

progenitor

noun

prō-ˈje-nə-tər

Definition of progenitor

as in ancestor

a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent the progenitors of today's Maya once ruled a mighty empire that stretched across much of Central America

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Recent Examples of progenitor Somewhat surprisingly, the AI progenitor networks, tensor clouds, and evolutionary random forests mostly agreed that WHEEP-3’s advice was helpful, though their explanations for why could not be understood by most humans. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026 Art Bar, Riverwest This list wouldn't be complete without the progenitor of the genre in Milwaukee. — Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Yet that same year, Brynjolfsson got access to GPT-3, a progenitor of ChatGPT. — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026 The ultimate sports podcast The progenitor to the growth of sports podcasts has to be Only A Game. — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for progenitor

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The ancestors of today’s trees are some 20,000 times older than the oldest cities.

— Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
That would mean their ancestors had already reached the continent before the split occurred.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of ancestor

Noun

His grandparents owned restaurants and his grandfather was one of the first butchers to cut steaks for Morton Steakhouse.

— Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
The designer’s grandfather Mario and his brother Martino opened their luggage and luxury objects store under the Fratelli Prada banner 113 years ago in Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of grandfather

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Cassegrain is the company’s third-ever CEO, following his father and grandfather.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Born in Los Angeles in 1954 to parents who hailed from Chicago, his father, Warren, founded a tape duplication service and later served as vice president of sales at Sussex Records, which produced acts like R&B crooner Bill Withers.

— Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

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