What is another word for descent?
273 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dɪsˈɛnt], [ dɪsˈɛnt], [ d_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_n_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for descent:- act (noun)
- ancestry (noun)
- antecedent(s) (noun)
- assault, attack (noun)
- birth (noun)
- class (noun)
- comedown (noun)
- declension (noun)
- declination (noun)
- decline (noun)
- derivation (noun)
- descent (noun)
- deterioration (noun)
- dip (noun)
- discomfiture (noun)
- downfall (noun)
- downturn (noun)
- family (noun)
- family tree (noun)
- foray (noun)
- genealogy (noun)
- grade (noun)
- header (noun)
- heritage (noun)
- incline (noun)
- lapse (noun)
- line of ancestry (noun)
- mound (noun)
- nosedive (noun)
- parentage (noun)
- plunge (noun)
- predecessor(s) in family (noun)
- raid (noun)
- slope (noun)
- slump (noun)
- stock (noun)
- other synonyms
Synonyms for Descent:
n.
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- forbear,
- antecedents,
- Fathers,
- branch,
- advance.
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- down.
- fore runners,
- fore father,
- fore mother,
- fore bear,
- fore-runners,
- pre cursor,
- fore-goer,
- fore-fathers,
- de-scents,
- fore runner,
- pre cursors,
- foregoers,
- pro-genitor,
- de scents,
- fore fathers,
- fore goer,
- fore-bear,
- pre-cursor,
- fore-father,
- pre-cursors,
- de scent,
- pro genitor,
- fore-runner,
- fore-goers,
- de-scent,
- fore-mothers,
- fore goers,
- fore mothers.
- forefather mothers,
- forefather mother,
- forefathermothers,
- forefather-mother,
- fore-bears,
- forefathermother,
- forefather-mothers,
- fore bears.
- de-feats,
- de-feat,
- re-verse,
- re verse,
- de feats,
- un-doing,
- un doing,
- de-motion,
- un doings,
- un-doings,
- de-motions,
- de motions,
- de feat,
- de motion.
- de-volution,
- dis solutions,
- de clines,
- dis solution,
- on skids,
- de generations,
- on skid,
- weakenings,
- de-volutions,
- falling offs,
- de-generation,
- de crease,
- de-creases,
- dis-solution,
- de cays,
- re-cession,
- fall offs,
- de-cline,
- re-cessions,
- de-generations,
- downtrends,
- re-lapse,
- de-clines,
- de cay,
- on the skid,
- de creases,
- re cessions,
- dwindlings,
- re lapse,
- re cession,
- de volutions,
- re-lapses,
- re lapses,
- drop offs,
- devolutions,
- de generation,
- dis-solutions,
- de-crease,
- falloffs,
- drop-offs,
- de-cays,
- worsenings,
- fall-offs,
- de cline,
- de volution,
- de-cay.
- well springs,
- well spring,
- whence it cames,
- well-springs,
- be-ginning,
- whence cames,
- whence came,
- be ginning.
- cadence,
- rotting,
- degringolade,
- vitiation,
- abasement,
- decadence,
- pathos,
- Downcome,
- lessening,
- degradation,
- debasement.
- on rock,
- de-luges,
- road ruin,
- de-luge,
- de luge,
- de luges,
- the skid,
- on the rock,
- on rocks,
- rack ruin.
- in-heritance,
- kith kin,
- in law,
- heirs assign,
- inlaws,
- in heritance,
- sub divisions,
- pro-genitors,
- sub-division,
- heirs and assign,
- in heritances,
- heirs assigns,
- pro genitors,
- sub-divisions,
- sub division,
- in laws,
- in-heritances.
- hill.
Other synonyms:
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- rot,
- progenitor,
- regression,
- glide,
- descendant,
- perversion.
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- jump,
- ancestor,
- father,
- antecedent.
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- nosedive.
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- landing.
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- trip.
Paraphrases for Descent:
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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
descendant, lineage, descendent, offspring, progeny, origin, affiliation, Alighting, ethnicity, strain, ascendancy, seed, decrease.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Descent:
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n.
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assault, attack
withdrawal, retreat.
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moving down; lowering
evenness, level, elevation, ascent, rise, ascension, upgrade, increase, improvement.
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Other antonyms:
invigoration, comeback, rejuvenation, headway, aggrandizement, uprise, resistance, pitch, soaring, revitalization, flourishing, blossoming, recuperation, defensive, guard, opposition, uphill, lean, heir, exaltation, increment, shelter, inheritor, child, flower, accrual, addition, offspring, recovery, prime, snapback, tilt, issue, augmentation, accretion, rehabilitation, gain, flowering, hill, rally, renewal, Rejuvenescence, addendum, defense, Glacis, shield, upswing, betterment, up, son, seed, protection, heightening, restoration, successor, rake, upturn, strengthening, progeny, security, posterity, heyday, boost, supplement.
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assault, attack
Homophones for Descent:
- discant, disjoined, decimate, discussant, disunited, descend, disunite, Desmond Tutu, discommode, dissonant, dignity, deckhand, dig into, disjoint, decant, duty assignment, disseminate, desmid, Deoxygenate, Dika Nut, dismayed, Docent, desquamate, dachshund, disunity, dehiscent, document, disownment, documented, dockhand, designate, Djanet, doughnut, dismount, discount, descant, disjointed, detachment, dissonate, disowned, designed, dessent, dissent, decent, desiccant, designated.
Hypernym for Descent:
n.
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act
rappel, nose dive, dive, swoop, crash dive, jump, nosedive, abseil, collapse, flop, drop, parachuting.
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attribute
full blood.
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act
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