descendant :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (1)

n. a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race

Verbs (0)

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (1)

adj. going or coming down

Fuzzynyms (13)

n. a person who inherits some title or office

n. all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"

n. the young of an animal cared for at one time

n. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"

Synonyms (7)

adj. sloping down rather steeply

adj. going down by steps

adj. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"

Antonyms (4)

n. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

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