Archetype and Ancestor

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

Usage example: the abacus is sometimes cited as the archetype of the modern digital calculator

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

Nearby Words: archetypal, archetypical

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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Archetype and ancestor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Archetype" instead a noun "Ancestor".

Nearby Words: ancestry, ancestral, ancestress

good	good archetype	good ancestor
female	female archetype	female ancestor
common	common archetype	common ancestor
perfect	perfect archetype	perfect ancestor
Other adjectives: complete, alien, original, true, single, likely, actual, male, main, ultimate, heroic, mysterious, literal, older, giant.

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