Ancestor and Pattern

Ancestor

Ancestor noun - A person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent.

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

Nearby Words: ancestry, ancestral, ancestress

Pattern noun - A unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric).

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Ancestor and pattern are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ancestor" instead a noun "Pattern".

common	common ancestor	common pattern
original	original ancestor	original pattern
male	male ancestor	male pattern
great	great ancestor	great pattern
Other adjectives: black, white, apparent.

Heroic Lineage is a subtrope, where the thing the ancestor in question is famous for was an act or pattern of heroism.

Source: Famous Ancestor

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Pattern and Ancestor. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ancestor/pattern

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Pattern or Ancestor. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ancestor/pattern.

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