lineage

lineage is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
2. noun. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

   Synonyms: ancestry, derivation, filiation

3. noun. the descendants of one individual

   "his entire lineage has been warriors"

   Synonyms: ancestry, blood, bloodline, descent, line, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock

4. noun. a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted

   Synonyms: linage

5. noun. the number of lines in a piece of printed material

   Synonyms: linage

6. noun. the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

   Synonyms: descent, filiation

Synonyms

ancestry, derivation, filiation, blood, bloodline, descent, line, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock, linage

Common word forms

lineaged, lineages

Words from these letters

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