Synonyms for descent

Other words for “descent”, grouped by meaning.

We found 20 synonyms for “descent”. The most common are origin, extraction, line of descent, lineage, filiation.

noun properties attributable to your ancestry

noun the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

noun a downward slope or bend

Oppositesascent

noun the descendants of one individual

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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