| 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 | ||