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