Descendant Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-sĕndənt
Something derived from another
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. byproduct
  2. derivation
  3. derivative
  4. offshoot
  5. outgrowth
  6. spinoff
Proceeding by descent from an ancestor
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. descendent
  2. agnate
  3. collateral
  4. declinatory
  5. declivitous
  6. lineal
  7. matrilineal
  8. matrilinear
  9. patrilineal
  10. patrilinear
  11. phyletic

Words Related to Descendant

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Descendant Sentence Examples

  • It's a descendant of the Mexican earless goat.

  • His mother was a descendant of the celebrated John Cotton.

  • He was a descendant of Thomas Webster, of Scottish ancestry, who settled in New Hampshire about 1636.

  • Descendant charts are another type of family tree.

  • He was a descendant of Matthew Grant, a Scotchman, who settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1630.

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