Antonyms for lineal
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lin-ee-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪn i əl |
Definition of lineal
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French lineal (14c.), from Late Latin linealis "pertaining to a line," from linea (see line (n.)). Related: Lineally.
- As in racial : adj ethnic
- As in straight : adj aligned; not curved
- As in patrimonial : adj ancestral
- As in direct : adj face-to-face; next to
- As in ancestral : adj related to previous family or family trait
- As in hereditary : adj inherited; transmitted at birth
- The father had descended for the son, For only you are lineal to the throne.
- Extract from : « The Comedies of William Congreve » by William Congreve
- The granddaughter, the only lineal descendant of the dead man, was still his wife.
- Extract from : « The Bertrams » by Anthony Trollope
- The German sniper is really a lineal descendant of the impenitent thief.
- Extract from : « The Red Watch » by J. A. Currie
- It is said that a lineal descendant of Emperor Maximilian was so bound in Georgia.
- Extract from : « Blue Ridge Country » by Jean Thomas
- He must have been a Hebrew and a lineal descendant of Hebrew parents.
- Extract from : « The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, Vol. I (of II) » by Walter M. Chandler
- The van Eycks and Memling were the lineal descendants of these artists.
- Extract from : « The Spell of Belgium » by Isabel Anderson
- Construct a second sieve with 15 perforations to the lineal inch.
- Extract from : « The Pyrotechnist's Treasury » by Thomas Kentish
- Their Mr. A. Waugh is a lineal descendant of Gifford, by way of mentality.
- Extract from : « Instigations » by Ezra Pound
- They are lineal descendants of her carp that inhabit its waters to this day.
- Extract from : « The Cradle of Mankind » by W.A. Wigram
- This Priesthood must be filled by lineal descendants of Aaron.
- Extract from : « The Mormon Prophet and His Harem » by C.V. Waite
Synonyms for lineal
- affiliated
- ancestral
- beeline
- bequeathed
- born with
- collinear
- congenital
- consanguine
- consanguineous
- consecutive
- contiguous
- continuous
- direct
- erect
- ethnological
- even
- familial
- family
- firsthand
- folk
- genealogical
- genetic
- handed down
- head-on
- hereditary
- heritable
- horizontal
- immediate
- in a line
- in a row
- in line
- in the family
- inborn
- inbred
- inflexible
- inheritable
- inherited
- innate
- invariable
- level
- like an arrow
- lineal
- linear
- maternal
- national
- near
- next
- nonstop
- old
- past
- paternal
- patrimonial
- perpendicular
- personal
- phyletic
- phylogenetic
- plumb
- precipitous
- primary
- prompt
- proximate
- rectilineal
- rectilinear
- resultant
- right
- running
- running in the family
- sheer
- short
- smooth
- solid
- square
- straightforward
- succeeding
- successive
- through
- totemic
- traditional
- transmissible
- transmitted
- tribal
- true
- unbent
- unbroken
- uncurled
- undeviating
- undistorted
- uninterrupted
- unrelieved
- unswerving
- upright
- vertical
- willed
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