Term: forebear: a person from whom you are descended
Candidate hypernym: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results → 1
Candidate hypernym: abatement: the act of abating → 0
Candidate hypernym: olive drab: a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown → 0
Candidate hypernym: distributary: a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it → 0
Candidate hypernym: maximization: the mathematical process of finding the maximum value of a function → 0
Candidate hypernym: sassafras: yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: acre: a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries → 0
Candidate hypernym: hoariness: great age (especially grey or white with age) → 0
Candidate hypernym: luminism: an artistic movement in the United States that was derived from the Hudson River school; active from 1850 to 1870; painted realistic landscapes in a style that pictured atmospheric light and the use of aerial perspective → 0
Candidate hypernym: transmission: communication by means of transmitted signals → 0
Candidate hypernym: p-n-p transistor: a junction transistor having an n-type semiconductor between a p-type semiconductor that serves as an emitter and a p-type semiconductor that serves as a collector → 0