Associations to the word «Descendant»
Noun
- Ancestor
- Genealogy
- Confucius
- Migrant
- Progenitor
- Immigrant
- Granddaughter
- Israelites
- Imam
- Canaan
- Grandson
- Lineage
- Settler
- Clade
- Rajput
- Colonist
- Emigrant
- Ancestry
- Freedman
- Ishmael
- Dynasty
- Heiress
- Progeny
- Kingship
- Muhammad
- Barony
- Heracles
- Clan
- Noah
- Caliph
- Prophet
- Afro
- Heir
- Puritan
- Sharif
- Assyrian
- Nobility
- Judah
- Sufi
- Conqueror
- Meiji
- Degenerate
- Grandchild
- Charlemagne
- Generation
- Abraham
- Diaspora
- Peerage
- Throne
- Pretender
- Hasan
- Marquess
- Surname
- Succession
- Turkic
- Inca
- Tribe
- Cain
- Posterity
- Chieftain
- Fief
- Shia
- Descent
- Baronetcy
- Grandparent
- Ephraim
- Citizenship
- Claimant
- Nawab
- Princes
- Brewster
Adjective
Wiktionary
DESCENDANT, adjective. Descending from a biological ancestor.
DESCENDANT, adjective. Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.
DESCENDANT, noun. (literally) One who is the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
DESCENDANT, noun. (figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
DESCENDANT, noun. (biology) A later evolutionary type.
DESCENDANT, noun. (linguistics) A language that is descended from another.
DESCENDANT, noun. (linguistics) A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
Dictionary definition
DESCENDANT, noun. A person considered as descended from some ancestor or race.
DESCENDANT, adjective. Going or coming down.
DESCENDANT, adjective. Proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.