descendent

Speech parts

1. descendent - Noun

2. descendent - Adjective

3. descendent - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

descendant down child falling offspring heir downward lineage afterward sinking descending descend progeny deciduous sagging
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Antonyms

high father beginning base root predecessor
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Hypernyms

relative relation

Hyponyms

child scion

Examples

Natural selection operates according to immediate circumstances and not toward a long-term goal. Homo sapiens did eventually evolve as a descendent of the first humans, but there was nothing inevitable about it. Richard Leakey

I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman. Shakira

Dr. Cox mentors the rookie doctors with a spoonful of dirt and then a cup of sugar. I see him as an archetypal descendent of two of my favorite curmudgeonly characters: Lou Grant and Louie De Palma. John C. McGinley

O Rāma! Awake, awake. O the mighty descendent of Raghu! Awake. O the husband of Sītā! Awake. Make the whole world happy.॥. Rāmabhadrācārya

descendent gene Source: Internet

Abd al-Rahman's 7th descendent, Abd al-Rahman III, would, however, take up the title of caliph. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

descended upon descendence descendency descendental descendentalism descendentalist