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   De·scend·ant

   /dəˈsend(ə)nt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor: "Shakespeare's last direct descendant"
   • ▪ a machine, artifact, system, etc., that has developed from an earlier, more rudimentary version: "house music is a descendant of disco"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘descending’): from French, present participle of descendre ‘to descend’ (see descend). The noun dates from the early 17th century.

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   Descendant antonyms - 176 Opposites of Descendant. predecessor. n. # someone. precursor. n. # derivative. ancestor. n. # predecessor. ascendant. adj. , n. grandfather. n. parent. n. progenitor. n. ascendent. n. dad. n. father. n. forebear. n. sire. n. antecedent. n. forefather. n. root. n. elevated. foregoer. n. primogenitor. n. prototype.

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   Descendant antonyms. What is the opposite word for Descendant? ancestor. successor. ascendant. person in line of ancestry, ancestor. predecessor. successor, person in line of ancestry. antecedent. successor. parent. person in line of ancestry. ascendent. forefather. successor, ancestor. forebear. successor. progenitor. source.

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   Synonyms: descendent. descendant, descendent adjective. going or coming down. Antonyms: root, antecedent, ascendent, ascendant, ancestor, ascending(a), unrelated. Synonyms: descendent. descendant, descendent adjective. proceeding by descent from an ancestor "descendent gene" Antonyms: ascendant, ancestor, antecedent, root, ascendent, unrelated ...

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   Antonyms. ancestor. progenitor. forefather. Synonyms for descendant from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc. Browse. descend abruptly. descend below the surface. descend gradually. descend upon. descendants. descent. describe as. April 24, 2024. To top. Contents.

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   Feb 11, 2024 · In contrast, antonyms for descendant would be words that describe a relationship where the connection is not based on bloodline or ancestry. These terms would signify individuals who are not directly related in a generational line, but may have other types of relationships or connections.

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   Definition: going or coming down. Antonyms: ascending. Definition: moving or going or growing upward. Visual thesaurus for descendant. descendant descendent descendent descendent. Search antonyms for word descendant at EnglishThesaurus.net.

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   Descendants antonyms - 58 Opposites of Descendants. ascendants. n. ancestors. n. antecedents. grandparents. predecessor. forebear. adults. n. common ancestry. common descent. elderly generation. elderly people. elderly population. fart. former generation. grown ups. n. middle aged men. middle aged people. middle aged persons. middle-aged men.