origin - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

properties attributable to your ancestry

Synonyms

• descent
• extraction
• origin

More generic

• ancestry
• derivation
• filiation
• lineage

More specific

• full blood

Noun

the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero

Synonyms

• origin

More generic

• intersection

Noun

an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

Synonyms

• inception
• origin
• origination

More generic

• beginning

More specific

• cause
• emanation
• germination
• overture
• preliminary
• prelude
• procession
• rise

Noun

the descendants of one individual

Synonyms

• ancestry
• blood
• blood line
• bloodline
• descent
• line
• line of descent
• lineage
• origin
• parentage
• pedigree
• stemma
• stock

More generic

• family tree
• genealogy

More specific

• family
• family line
• folk
• kinfolk
• kinsfolk
• phratry
• sept
• side

Noun

the place where something begins, where it springs into being

Synonyms

• beginning
• origin
• root
• rootage
• source

More generic

• point

More specific

• birthplace
• cradle
• derivation
• fountainhead
• head
• headspring
• headwater
• home
• jumping-off place
• place of origin
• point of departure
• point source
• provenance
• provenience
• spring
• trail head
• trailhead
• wellhead
• wellspring

Noun

the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived

Synonyms

• origin

More generic

• source

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