- forebears
- Synonyms and related words:ancestor, ancestors, announcer, antecedent, antecedents, ascendants, avant-garde, bellwether, buccinator, bushwhacker, elders, explorer, fathers, forebear, forefathers, foregoer, forerunner, front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, grandfathers, grandparents, groundbreaker, guide, harbinger, herald, innovator, lead runner, leader, messenger, pathfinder, patriarchs, pioneer, point, precedent, precursor, predecessor, predecessors, progenitors, scout, stormy petrel, trailblazer, trailbreaker, vanguard, vaunt-courier, voortrekker
Moby Thesaurus. Grady Ward. 1996.