descendent :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (2)

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

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Adjectives (2)

adj. proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene"

Fuzzynyms (12)

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 (5)

adj. sloping down rather steeply

adj. going down by steps

adj. heading in any direction that is conventionally down; "a downbound channel"; "the downbound train"

Antonyms (5)

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

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