Descendant

Meaning of Descendant

noun
  1. 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.
  2. A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
    This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants.
  3. A later evolutionary type.
    Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.
  4. A language that is descended from another.
    English and Scots are the descendants of Old English.
  5. A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
adjective
  1. Descending from a biological ancestor.
  2. Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.

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Hyphenation of Descendant

Descen-dant

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • Descendant is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Descendant synonyms

Meaning descendent:

descendent

Meaning :

offspring, relative, scion

Descendant antonyms

Meaning :

ancestor, ascendant, forebear, ascendent, ascending

Anagrams of Descendant

adscendent

Words that rhyme with Descendant

Dant, dant, abradant, pedant, quadrupedant, Aidant, aidant, antioxidant, avoidant, confidant, consolidant, deoxidant, dividant, idant, oxidant, trepidant, geldant, Ascendant, abundant, appendant, ascendant, attendant, codefendant, codescendant, commandant, defendant, demandant, dependant, descendant, disappendant, extendant, fondant, intendant, inundant, mandant, nonappendant, nonascendant, nonattendant, nondefendant, nonpendant, nonredundant, offendant, overabundant, pendant, preabundant, pretendant, reascendant, reboundant, redundant, superabundant

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