descendants

Noun

Meaning

all of the offspring of a given progenitor

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

family Son issue fruit spawn generation seed offspring heir lineage descendant progeny brood scion successor

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Antonyms

forebear family tree

Hypernyms

biological group

Phrases with the word

black descendants no descendants

Examples

Your descendants shall gather your fruits. Virgil

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. Don Marquis

I'm really convinced that our descendants a century or two from now will look back at us with the same pity that we have toward the people in the field of science two centuries ago. John Templeton

Teach your descendants the two proper roads - literature and farming. Chinese Proverb

If your books are not read, your descendants will be ignorant. Chinese Proverb

Unworthy offspring brag the most about their worthy descendants. Danish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

descendant descendant of immigrant parents descendantless descended from descended on descended upon