Synonyms of the word

patrilineal

• adj. Pertaining to descent through male lines.

direct

• adj. Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
• adj. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
• adj. Straightforward; sincere.
• adj. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
• adj. In the line of descent; not collateral.
• adj. (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the…
• adj. (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes…
• adj. (aviation, travel) having a single flight number.
• adv. Directly.
• v. To manage, control, steer.
• v. To aim (something) at (something else).
• v. To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
• v. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
• v. (dated) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom…

lineal

• adj. (family) Of a family relationship that includes mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, grandparents, grandchildren,…
• adj. Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
• adj. Composed of lines; delineated.
• adj. In the direction of a line; of a line; of or relating to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line;…

patrilinear

• adj. Alternative form of patrilineal.