descendant

Plural: descendants

Noun

• a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
• One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
• A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
• A later evolutionary type.
• A language that is descended from another.
• A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
• The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.

Adjective Satellite

• going or coming down
• proceeding by descent from an ancestor

Adj

• Descending; going down.
• Descending from a biological ancestor.
• Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.

Examples

• Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.
• English and Scots are the descendants of Old English.
• Power in the kingdom is transferred in a descendant manner.
• The elevator resumed its descendant trajectory.
• The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.
• This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants.

Synonyms

descendent, afterbear, and see Thesaurus:child & relative, derivative, offspring, reflex, scion

Antonyms

ancestor, ;, ascendant, ascendent, ascending, etymon, forebear, forefather, foremother, montant, progenitor

Related Words

descendancy, offshoot, offspring, progeny

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