Dictionary Entry
lineal
lineal is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant.
- 2adjective
Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
- 3adjective
Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs.
- 4adjective
In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude.
- 5adjective
arranged in a line
- 6adjective
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
"lineal ancestors"
"lineal heirs"
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