Search Result for "patrilineal": 
Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. based on or tracing descent through the male line;
- Example: "a patrilineal society"
[syn: patrilineal, patrilinear]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

patrilineal \patrilineal\ adj. tracing descent through the male line; as, a patrilineal society. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

patrilineal adj 1: based on or tracing descent through the male line; "a patrilineal society" [syn: patrilineal, patrilinear]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "patrilineal": affiliated, agnate, akin, allied, avuncular, closely related, cognate, collateral, congeneric, consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous, distantly related, enate, foster, german, germane, kindred, matrilateral, matrilineal, matroclinous, novercal, of the blood, patrilateral, patroclinous, related, sib, sibling, uterine