Defenition of the word descent

• Defenition of the word descent

  • The descendants of one individual.
  • A downward slope or bend.
  • A sudden decline in strength or number or importance.
  • A movement downward.
  • the act of changing your location in a downward direction
  • a movement downward
  • a downward slope
  • the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
  • the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
  • properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
  • a downward slope or bend
  • the kinship relation between an individual and the individual''s progenitors
  • properties attributable to your ancestry
  • the descendants of one individual

Synonyms for the word descent

• • ancestry
  • blood
  • blood line
  • bloodline
  • crash
  • decline
  • declivity
  • degeneration
  • depreciation
  • deterioration
  • dive
  • downslope
  • downward gradient
  • downward slope
  • downward spiral
  • drop
  • extraction
  • fall
  • filiation
  • line
  • line of descent
  • lineage
  • origin
  • parentage
  • pedigree
  • plunge
  • slope
  • stock
  • succession
  • tumble

Similar words in the descent

• • descent
  • descent's
  • descents

Hyponyms for the word descent

• • abseil
  • bilateral descent
  • breed
  • cascade
  • collapse
  • crash dive
  • dive
  • downhill
  • drop
  • fall
  • family
  • family line
  • flop
  • folk
  • full blood
  • jump
  • kinfolk
  • kinsfolk
  • lightening
  • nose dive
  • nosedive
  • parachuting
  • phratry
  • rappel
  • sept
  • set
  • shower
  • side
  • sinking
  • slide
  • steep
  • swoop
  • unilateral descent

Hypernyms for the word descent

• • ancestry
  • change of location
  • derivation
  • family relationship
  • family tree
  • filiation
  • genealogy
  • incline
  • kinship
  • lineage
  • motion
  • move
  • movement
  • relationship
  • side
  • slope
  • travel

Antonyms for the word descent

• • acclivity
  • ascent
  • climb
  • raise
  • rise
  • upgrade

See other words

• • What is serener
  • The definition of serenely
  • The interpretation of the word without interruption
  • What is meant by sharp-eyed
  • The lexical meaning not worried
  • The dictionary meaning of the word free from anxiety
  • The grammatical meaning of the word at peace
  • Meaning of the word placidity
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word mild-mannered
  • The origin of the word frivolously
  • Synonym for the word casualties
  • Antonyms for the word joking
  • Homonyms for the word jollying
  • Hyponyms for the word jocularity
  • Holonyms for the word without a care in the world
  • Hypernyms for the word humorously
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word contour
  • Translation of the word in other languages unconcernedly