Ancestor and Model

Ancestor

Ancestor noun - Something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed.

Usage example: pinball machines—the ancestors of today's video games—go back to the 19th century

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Model and ancestor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Model" instead a noun "Ancestor".

Nearby Words: ancestry, ancestral, ancestress

Model noun - An exact representation of something in greatly reduced size.

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Ancestor and model are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ancestor" instead a noun "Model".

human	human ancestor	human model
good	good ancestor	good model
female	female ancestor	female model
common	common ancestor	common model
Other adjectives: perfect, complete, original, single, powerful, actual, male, famous, white, early, last, latest, older, giant, earlier.

In Dragon Bones, Ward, lacking a male role model (his father is abusive), models his behaviour and principles after what he has read about his famous ancestor, Seleg.

Source: Famous Ancestor
Reznov in World at War/Black Ops is an ancestor of Zakhaev from Modern Warfare, to the point that he uses a modified version of Zakhaev's model in-game.

Source: Video Game / Call of Duty

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