Progeny Synonyms and Antonyms

prŏjə-nē
One descended directly from the same parents or ancestors
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. child
  2. descendant
  3. offspring
  4. scion
A group consisting of those descended directly from the same parents or ancestors
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. offspring
  2. issue
  3. brood
  4. descendants
  5. children
  6. posterity
  7. seed
  8. get
  9. blood
  10. breed
  11. child
  12. family
  13. fruit
  14. generation
  15. lineage
  16. product
  17. race
  18. sons
  19. strain
Antonyms:
  1. parent

Words Related to Progeny

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.

Related:

  1. kin
  2. littermates
  3. crossbred
  4. progenitor

Progeny Sentence Examples

  • Having crossed yellow and green seeded peas both ways, he found that the progeny resulted in all yellow coloured seeds.

  • By his numerous mistresses he had a large illegitimate progeny.

  • The person died and did not have any further progeny to seed with the memory.

  • French deism, the direct progeny of the English movement, was equally short-lived.

  • In assuming this attitude Professor Weismann decidedly differed from Herbert Spencer, who some years ago mentioned that he had evidence "enough to prove the fact of a previous sire asserting his influence on a subsequent progeny."

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