Synonyms of forebearer

1 Syllable
sire
2 Syllables
founders, founder, elders, patriarch, parent, mother, matriarch, father, fathers, author
3 Syllables
begetter, procreator, precursor, ascendant, ancestor, fathering, foundering
4 Syllables
forerunners, antecedent, forefathers, forefather, establisher, institutor, relative, progenitor, forerunner
5 Syllables
originator, primogenitor, paterfamilias, materfamilias