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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun descendant has 1 sense

• descendant(n = noun.person) descendent - a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race; Array
has particulars: child, scion
is a kind of relation, relative
Antonym: ancestor
Derived forms verb descend₂, adjective descendant₂

Adjective descendant has 2 senses

• descendant(s = adj.all) descendent - going or coming down; Array
Derived form verb descend₁

• descendant(s = adj.all) descendent - proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene"
Derived form noun descendant₁

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THESAURUS

descendant

aftermath, backup man, breed, brood, by-product, child, children, conclusion, consequence, daughter, derivative, descendants, descent, dynasty, effect, family, foster child, fruit, grandchild, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandson, great-grandchildren, heir, heiress, heirs, hostages to fortune, inheritor, inheritors, issue, kids, line, lineage, little ones, new generation, offshoot, offspring, posterity, progeniture, progeny, replacement, rising generation, scion, seed, sequel, son, son and heir, sonny, sons, spin-off, stepchild, stepdaughter, stepson, succession, successor, treasures, younglings, youngsters

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Posterity

N posterity, progeny, breed, issue, offspring, brood, litter, seed, farrow, spawn, spat, family, grandchildren, heirs, great-grandchild, child, son, daughter, butcha, bantling, scion, acrospire, plumule, shoot, sprout, olive-branch, sprit, branch, off-shoot, off- set, ramification, descendant, heir, heiress, heir-apparent, heir- presumptive, chip off the old block, heredity, rising generation, straight descent, sonship, line, lineage, filiation, primogeniture, filial, diphyletic, the child is father of the man, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, like father, like son.

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