lineal
In bloodline order
Lineal means in a direct line of descent or ancestry.
A lineal descendant traces parentage straight back through generations—child to parent to grandparent—as opposed to collateral relatives like cousins or aunts.
She is the lineal heir to the throne.
The word also describes anything arranged in or relating to lines, though linear is more common for that sense.
Traced through fathers
- matrilinealDescended through maternal line
- primogenitureEldest inherits all
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
succession · bloodline · hereditary · firstborn · entail · cognatic · uterine · consanguinity
Not curved or crooked
- unbrokenNot damaged or interrupted
- sequentialOccurring in succession
- continuousWithout pause or gap
- successiveFollowing without interruption
consecutive · uninterrupted · progression · chain · series · order · vertical
Ancestry through generations
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- forebearsAncestral family members
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
descendants · progeny · dynasty · clan · kinfolk · patriarch · matriarch · forefather
Related by blood
- tribalOf a clan
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- kinfolkFamily members collectively
- familialPertaining to relatives
blood relation · cognate · collateral · genetic · biological · hereditary · ethnicity · indigenous
patrilineal
Traced through fathers
- matrilinealDescended through maternal line
- primogenitureEldest inherits all
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
birthright · succession · bloodline · hereditary · firstborn · entail · cognatic · uterine · consanguinity · filiation
straight
Not curved or crooked
- unbrokenNot damaged or interrupted
- sequentialOccurring in succession
- continuousWithout pause or gap
successive · consecutive · uninterrupted · progression · chain · series · order · vertical
bloodline
Ancestry through generations
progenitors · descendants · progeny · dynasty · clan · kinfolk · patriarch · matriarch · forefather · foremother
consanguine
Related by blood
familial · blood relation · cognate · collateral · genetic · biological · hereditary · ethnicity · indigenous · totemic
linealnonlinear
Not in sequence
curvilinear · curved · planar · two-dimensional · three-dimensional
linealcollateral
Security for debt
indirect · lateral · elective · appointed · non-hereditary
- in lineWaiting in sequence
- finish lineRace completion marker
- line upArrange in sequence
- bottom lineEssential point or conclusion
- over the lineBeyond what's acceptable
- out of lineViolating expected standards
line, linen, lineage, linear, nonlinear, curvilinear, rectilinear, collinear, linearly