What is another word for descent?
Pronunciation:
[ dɪsˈɛnt], [ dɪsˈɛnt], [ d_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_n_t]
Synonyms for Descent:
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- inclination .
- de scent ,
- de scents ,
- de-scent ,
- de-scents ,
- fore bear ,
- fore father ,
- fore fathers ,
- fore goer ,
- fore goers ,
- fore mother ,
- fore mothers ,
- fore runner ,
- fore runners ,
- fore-bear ,
- fore-father ,
- fore-fathers ,
- fore-goer ,
- fore-goers ,
- fore-mothers ,
- fore-runner ,
- fore-runners ,
- foregoers ,
- pre cursor ,
- pre cursors ,
- pre-cursor ,
- pre-cursors ,
- pro genitor ,
- pro-genitor .
- fore bears ,
- fore-bears ,
- forefather mother ,
- forefather mothers ,
- forefather-mother ,
- forefather-mothers ,
- forefathermother ,
- forefathermothers .
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de motion ,
- de motions ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- de-motion ,
- de-motions ,
- re verse ,
- re-verse ,
- un doing ,
- un doings ,
- un-doing ,
- un-doings .
- de cay ,
- de cays ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de crease ,
- de creases ,
- de generation ,
- de generations ,
- de volution ,
- de volutions ,
- de-cay ,
- de-cays ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creases ,
- de-generation ,
- de-generations ,
- de-volution ,
- de-volutions ,
- devolutions ,
- dis solution ,
- dis solutions ,
- dis-solution ,
- dis-solutions ,
- downtrends ,
- drop offs ,
- drop-offs ,
- dwindlings ,
- fall offs ,
- fall-offs ,
- falling offs ,
- falloffs ,
- on skid ,
- on skids ,
- on the skid ,
- re cession ,
- re cessions ,
- re lapse ,
- re lapses ,
- re-cession ,
- re-cessions ,
- re-lapse ,
- re-lapses ,
- weakenings ,
- worsenings .
- be ginning ,
- be-ginning ,
- well spring ,
- well springs ,
- well-springs ,
- whence came ,
- whence cames ,
- whence it cames .
- Downcome ,
- abasement ,
- cadence ,
- debasement ,
- decadence ,
- degradation ,
- degringolade ,
- lessening ,
- pathos ,
- rotting ,
- vitiation .
- de luge ,
- de luges ,
- de-luge ,
- de-luges ,
- on rock ,
- on rocks ,
- on the rock ,
- rack ruin ,
- road ruin ,
- the skid .
- heirs and assign ,
- heirs assign ,
- heirs assigns ,
- in heritance ,
- in heritances ,
- in law ,
- in laws ,
- in-heritance ,
- in-heritances ,
- inlaws ,
- kith kin ,
- pro genitors ,
- pro-genitors ,
- sub division ,
- sub divisions ,
- sub-division ,
- sub-divisions .
- hill .
Other synonyms:
- descendant ,
- downslide ,
- downswing ,
- downtrend ,
- downturn ,
- forebear ,
- forefathers ,
- glide ,
- lapse ,
- perversion ,
- progenitor ,
- regression ,
- rot .
- trip .
- ancestor ,
- antecedent ,
- class ,
- contamination ,
- father ,
- jump ,
- pratfall ,
- wreckage .
- aggravation ,
- nosedive .
- landing .
- downgrade .
- down .
Other relevant words:
- Antecessor ,
- Downs ,
- Family ,
- Fore-mother ,
- Foregoer ,
- Heritance ,
- Inlaw ,
- LOWS ,
- Obliquities ,
- Paternities ,
- Progeniture ,
- Recidivation ,
- Stirps ,
- Well-spring ,
- ancestry ,
- antecessors ,
- anticlimax ,
- bad period ,
- blood ,
- blood line ,
- bloodline ,
- bourgeoisie ,
- bourgeoisies ,
- childrens ,
- comedown ,
- cropper ,
- croppers ,
- cultural level ,
- decline ,
- declivity ,
- deflation ,
- deflations ,
- deflection ,
- deflections ,
- derivation ,
- deterioration ,
- devolution ,
- diagonals ,
- dip ,
- discomfiture ,
- downfall ,
- downward slope ,
- drop ,
- drop-off ,
- dropoff ,
- ebbings ,
- extraction ,
- failings ,
- fall-off ,
- falling-off ,
- falloff ,
- family tree ,
- foray ,
- forced entrance ,
- forefather ,
- foremother ,
- foremothers ,
- genealogy ,
- genetics ,
- genres ,
- grade ,
- grades ,
- hard time ,
- hard times ,
- heirs and assigns ,
- hierarchy ,
- history ,
- hit-and-run ,
- in-law ,
- in-laws ,
- incline ,
- inclined plane ,
- incursion ,
- intelligentsia ,
- intelligentsias ,
- line of descent ,
- lineage ,
- lowerings ,
- nobility ,
- nose dive ,
- nose-dive ,
- obliqueness ,
- obliquity ,
- on the rocks ,
- on the skids ,
- origins ,
- parentage ,
- paternity ,
- pedigree ,
- peoples ,
- plunge ,
- pratfalls ,
- precursor ,
- primogenitor ,
- primogenitors ,
- raid ,
- ramp ,
- recidivism ,
- relapse ,
- rising ground ,
- road to ruin ,
- roots ,
- shootup ,
- sinkage ,
- slope ,
- social rank ,
- sortie ,
- spin off ,
- spin-off ,
- station ,
- steepness ,
- stirpes ,
- stock ,
- strain ,
- surprise attack ,
- surprise attacks ,
- swag ,
- tangents ,
- the right stuff ,
- the skids ,
- tier ,
- tipover ,
- tribe ,
- waning ,
- whence it came .
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How to use "Descent" in context?
Whenever I think about my descent from the summit of Half Dome, I am filled with awe. I must have stared up at that icon for hundreds of times throughout my childhood and early adulthood, dreaming about one day reaching the top. Summer after summer I would spend days hiking in Yosemite National Park, traipsing up a seemingly endless staircase of granite boulders, until I finally reached the summit - only to find another climber waiting there.
Paraphrases for Descent:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
ancestry.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
affiliation, ascendancy, decrease, descendant, descendent, ethnicity, lineage, offspring, origin, progeny, seed, strain, Alighting.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Descent:
n.
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attribute
lineage, ancestry, filiation, derivation.
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event
travel, change of location.
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attribute
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