English adjective: descendent | |||
1. | descendent going or coming down | ||
Synonyms | descendant | ||
Similar | descending | ||
Antonyms | ascending | ||
2. | descendent proceeding by descent from an ancestor | ||
Samples | Descendent gene. | ||
Synonyms | descendant | ||
Similar | related | ||
Antonyms | unrelated | ||
English noun: descendent | |||
1. | descendent (person) a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race | ||
Synonyms | descendant | ||
Broader (hypernym) | relation, relative | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | child, scion | ||
Antonyms | ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root | ||