lineage

/lˈɪniədʒ/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the descendants of one individual
   “his entire lineage has been warriors”
2. the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
3. the number of lines in a piece of printed material
4. a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted
5. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

Synonyms for lineage

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