THESAURUS
ancestors
antecedents, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, ascendants, author, begetter, beginner, builder, conceiver, constructor, craftsman, creator, designer, deviser, discoverer, effector, elders, engenderer, engineer, executor, executrix, father, fathers, forebears, forefathers, founder, generator, grandfathers, grandparents, grower, inaugurator, industrialist, initiator, instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, maker, manufacturer, master, master craftsman, mother, organizer, originator, past master, patriarchs, planner, precursor, predecessors, prime mover, producer, progenitors, raiser, realizer, shaper, sire, smith, wright