Antonyms of adj patrilineal

1 sense of patrilineal

Sense 1
patrilineal, patrilinear -- (based on or tracing descent through the male line; "a patrilineal society")

INDIRECT (VIA lineal) -> collateral, indirect -- (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts")

Similarity of adj patrilineal

1 sense of patrilineal

Sense 1
patrilineal, patrilinear -- (based on or tracing descent through the male line; "a patrilineal society")
       => lineal (vs. collateral), direct -- (in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity")