Descendant
/dɪˈsɛndənt/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:14 ptsWWF:17 pts10 letters
Definition of Descendant
noun
- One who is the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
"The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild."
- A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
"This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants."
- A later evolutionary type.
"Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves."
- A language that is descended from another.
"English and Scots are the descendants of Old English."
- A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
adjective
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Synonyms & Antonyms
SYNONYMS
afterbearoffspringrelativescion
ANTONYMS
ancestorascendantforebearascendentascending