Usually means: Offspring derived from a common ancestor.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 24 dictionaries that define the word Descendent:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. descendent: Merriam-Webster
  2. descendent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. descendent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. descendent: Collins English Dictionary
  5. descendent: Vocabulary.com
  6. descendent: Wordnik
  7. descendent: Wiktionary
  8. descendent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. descendent: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. descendent: Dictionary.com
  11. Descendent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Descendent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. descendent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. descendent: Rhymezone
  15. Descendent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. descendent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. descendent: FreeDictionary.org
  18. descendent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. descendent: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. descendent: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. descendent: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. descendent: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. descendent: Idioms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

(Note: See descendents as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (Descendent)

▸ adjective:  Alternative spelling of descendant [Descending; going down.]
▸ noun:  Misspelling of descendant. [One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.]

Similar:
descendant, descending, ancestor, descendancy, forefather, inheritor, progenitor, descendance, lineage, grandfather, more...

Opposite:
ancestor

Phrases:
descendent or heir, more...

Adjectives:
direct, lineal, last, male, spiritual, true, only, modern, distant, intellectual, generation

Colors:
    charcoal,     maroon,     burgundy,     olive,     forest green, more...



▸ Words similar to Descendent

▸ Usage examples for Descendent

▸ Idioms related to Descendent

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing Descendent

▸ Popular nouns described by Descendent

▸ Words that often appear near Descendent

▸ Rhymes of Descendent

▸ Invented words related to Descendent

Similar:
descendant, descending, ancestor, descendancy, forefather, inheritor, progenitor, descendance, lineage, grandfather, more...

Opposite:
ancestor

Phrases:
descendent or heir, more...

Adjectives:
direct, lineal, last, male, spiritual, true, only, modern, distant, intellectual, generation

Colors:
    charcoal,     maroon,     burgundy,     olive,     forest green, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "Descendent" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux