Antonyms for descendant
dɪˈsɛn dəntde·scen·dant

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1. descendantnoun

   Antonyms:
   ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, ascending

2. descendantadjective

   descending from a biological ancestor

   The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.

   Antonyms:
   ascendant, ancestor, ascending, ascendent

3. descendantnoun

   One which derives directly from a given precursor or source

   This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants.

   Antonyms:
   ancestor, ascendent, ascending, ascendant

4. descendantnoun

   Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.

   Antonyms:
   ancestor, ascendant

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. descendant

   Antonyms:
   author, founder, parent, ancestor, progenitor, stock, root, source, origin

   Synonyms:
   offspring, progeny, stock, scion, seed, branch, issue, house, family, lineage

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1. descendant, descendentadjective

   a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race

   Antonyms:
   antecedent, root, ascendant, ancestor, ascendent, unrelated, ascending(a)

   Synonyms:
   descendent

2. descendant, descendentadjective

   going or coming down

   Antonyms:
   root, antecedent, ascendent, ascendant, ancestor, ascending(a), unrelated

   Synonyms:
   descendent

3. descendant, descendentadjective

   proceeding by descent from an ancestor

   "descendent gene"

   Antonyms:
   ascendant, ancestor, antecedent, root, ascendent, unrelated, ascending(a)

   Synonyms:
   descendent

How to use descendant in a sentence?

1. Andrew Galvan:

   I am the only descendant of Indians who were missionized at any of the 21 California missions who is currently in a position of responsibility at one of those missions. So it's a unique situation, and it's one that I would hope in the next 20 or 30 years changes.

2. Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur, Letters from an American Farmer III: What is an American?:

   What then is the American, this new man? He is either an European, or the descendant of an European, hence that strange misture of blood, which you will find in no other country. I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a french woman, and whose present four sons have now four wives of different nations. He is an American.

3. Ahn Chan-il:

   Kim Jong Un wants to break away from the past, as well as the Norths traditional cult of personality, he wants to come across and brand himself as a leader who is modern and competent, rather than a descendant of his predecessors.

4. Ahn Chan-il:

   He wants to come across and brand himself as a leader who is modern and competent, rather than a descendant of his predecessors, and he wants to gradually tone down the idolization of the two late leaders as it goes against his agenda to brand the North as a normal state.

5. Lauren Richardson:

   It appears in this case that they’re not particularly happy with the agreement, because obviously, if you’re the victim, or you’re the descendant of a victim, you really want the perpetrator to be held accountable, it’s not just about money.

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