descendent

Other forms: descendents

Definitions of descendent
  1. noun
    a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
    synonyms: descendant
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    Antonyms:
    ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root
    someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
    types:
    child
    a member of a clan or tribe
    scion
    a descendent or heir
    type of:
    relation, relative
    a person related by blood or marriage
  2. adjective
    going or coming down
    synonyms: descendant
    descending
    coming down or downward
  3. adjective
    proceeding by descent from an ancestor
    “descendent gene”
    synonyms: descendant
    related
    connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage
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