The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SIRES , but the solution may also be FOREBEARS which is one of the most recent solution (2006 in LA Times).
Ancestors crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SIRES | 36 % | 5 |
| FOREBEARS | 27 % | 9 |
| ASCENDANTS | 9 % | 10 |
| ELDERS | 9 % | 6 |
| 4FATHERS | 9 % | 8 |
| FORBEARS | 9 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ancestors
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- antecedent
- ascendent
- ascendant
- ancestries
- ancestry
- antecedents
- ascendants
- cho
- descendants
- elders
- fathers
- forbears
Crossword Answer definitions
SIRES noun- A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.
- A male animal; a stud, especially a horse or dog, that has fathered another.
- A father; the head of a family; the husband.
- A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
- (of a male) to procreate; to father, beget, impregnate.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SIRES
- Fathers
- Kingly addresses
- Horse fathers
- Stable dads
- Farm dads
- Fathers on a farm
- Names on pedigrees
- Paddock parents
- Pedigree names
- Equine dads
More clues leading to the result FOREBEARS
More clues leading to the result ASCENDANTS
More clues leading to the result ELDERS
- Church fathers
- Church officers
- Respectable people?
- Shortest-serving Surgeon General
- Tribal spokesmen
- Ones born before you
- Respectable ones?
- Council members, often
- People to respect
- Leaders of the tribe, perhaps