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Descent

Definition of Descent

  • 1. A movement downward Noun
  • 2. Properties attributable to your ancestry Noun
  • 3. The act of changing your location in a downward direction Noun
  • 4. The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors Noun
  • 5. A downward slope or bend Noun
  • 6. The descendants of one individual Noun

Synonyms for word "descent"

  • extraction
  • origin
  • ancestry
  • blood
  • blood line
  • bloodline
  • line
  • line of descent
  • lineage
  • origin
  • parentage
  • pedigree
  • stemma
  • stock
  • declension
  • declination
  • decline
  • declivity
  • downslope
  • fall
  • filiation
  • line of descent
  • lineage

Semanticaly linked words with "descent"

  • change of location
  • travel
  • drop
  • fall
  • lightening
  • set
  • cascade
  • shower
  • sinking
  • slide
  • ancestry
  • derivation
  • filiation
  • lineage
  • full blood
  • motion
  • move
  • movement
  • jump
  • parachuting
  • dive
  • nose dive
  • nosedive
  • abseil
  • rappel
  • swoop
  • crash dive
  • drop
  • collapse
  • flop
  • family relationship
  • kinship
  • relationship
  • bilateral descent
  • unilateral descent
  • downhill
  • incline
  • side
  • slope
  • steep
  • family
  • family line
  • folk
  • kinfolk
  • kinsfolk
  • phratry
  • sept
  • side
  • family tree
  • genealogy

Hyponims for word "descent"

  • change of location
  • travel
  • ancestry
  • derivation
  • filiation
  • lineage
  • motion
  • move
  • movement
  • family relationship
  • kinship
  • relationship
  • incline
  • side
  • slope
  • family tree
  • genealogy

Lexical Analysis for "descent"

  1. ascent
    Noun
    antonym
    1
    1. an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
  2. descend
    Verb
    derivation
    3
    1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
    2. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
    3. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
Words Rhyme with descent
  • acaulescent
  • acquiescent
  • adolescent
  • albescent
  • alcalescent
  • alkalescent
  • arborescent
  • ascent
  • autofluorescent
  • bioluminescent
  • candescent
  • canescent
  • caulescent
  • chemiluminescent
  • coalescent
  • concupiscent
Etymology for descent
  • etymologically related descend
  • is derived from descents
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