Descendant

Adjective

 * 1) descending from a biological ancestor
 * 2) proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source

Antonyms

 * ascendant, ascendent, ascending

Noun

 * 1) lit.  One who is the progeny of someone at any distance of time
 * ''The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.
 * 1)  One which derives directly from a given precursor or source
 * ''This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants.
 * 1)  A later evolutionary type
 * ''Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.

Antonyms

 * ascendant
 * ancestor

Derived terms

 * direct descendant
 * indirect descendant

Adjectives for Descendant
lineal; direct; eager; legitimate; homeward-flown; pure-blooded; glorious; de¬generate; remote; immediate; impoverished; ill-starred; hybrid; presumed; winsome; indolent; guilty; genuine; unmixed.

Verbs for Descendant
acquire—; advertise for—; characterize—; extract—; leave—; nourish—; transmit to—; — assemble; —belongs to; —carries; on; — congregate; — convene; — gather; — honor; — inherit; —respect; — settle; — spring from; — wrangle over.

Thesaurus
aftermath, backup man, breed, brood, by-product, child, children, conclusion, consequence, daughter, derivative, descendants, descent, dynasty, effect, family, foster child, fruit, grandchild, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandson, great-grandchildren, heir, heiress, heirs, hostages to fortune, inheritor, inheritors, issue, kids, line, lineage, little ones, new generation, offshoot, offspring, posterity, progeniture, progeny, replacement, rising generation, scion, seed, sequel, son, son and heir, sonny, sons, spin-off, stepchild, stepdaughter, stepson, succession, successor, treasures, younglings, youngsters

Alternative forms

 * descendent

Etymology
dessendaunte, from, from descendens:, present participle of descendo:, itself from de: + scando:.

Translations

 * Albanian: pasardhës n
 * Arabic: سليل
 * Bulgarian: потомък
 * Catalan: descendent
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 后裔; , , 後嗣, 后嗣
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Estonian: järglane
 * Ewe: dzidzimevi
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: afkomandi,
 * Indonesian: keturunan
 * Irish: sliochtach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 子種
 * Korean: 자손, 후예
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: descendent, urmaș
 * Russian: потомок
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: వారసుడు (vaarasuDu), ఆనువంశీకుడు (aanuvaMSIkuDu)


 * Dutch: ,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 后裔
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: afkomandi
 * Russian: потомок
 * Serbian:


 * : zuriat


 * : evlat, torun, altsoy

Etymology
From descendens:, the present participle of descendo:, itself from de: + scando:.

Verb form
descendant



Noun

 * 1) A descendant; one who is the progeny of someone at any distance of time; e.g. a child; a grandchild, etc.

Antonyms

 * ancêtre
 * ascendant

Adjective

 * 1) (which is) descending.

Antonyms

 * ascendant
 * montant

Related terms

 * descendance