Defenition of the word descendant

• Defenition of the word descendant

  • One who is the progeny of someone at any distance of time.
  • Those who descend from a biological ancestor, through any number of generations.
  • going or coming down
  • a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
  • proceeding by descent from an ancestor

Synonyms for the word descendant

• • afterbear
  • child
  • descendent
  • heir
  • inheritor
  • offspring
  • progeny
  • scion
  • successor

Similar words in the descendant

• • descendant
  • descendant's
  • descendants
  • descending
  • descending(a)

Hyponyms for the word descendant

• • child
  • daughter
  • granddaughter
  • grandson
  • scion
  • son

Hypernyms for the word descendant

• • relation
  • relative

Antonyms for the word descendant

• • ancestor
  • antecedent
  • ascendant
  • ascendent
  • forebear
  • root

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