Synonyms for Descent:

• n.

  •
  • wreckage,
  • aggravation,
  • inclination,
  • contamination.
  •
  • forbear,
  • antecedents,
  • Fathers,
  • branch,
  • advance.
  •
  • boulevard,
  • blacktop,
  • B-road,
  • avenue,
  • approach,
  • artery,
  • beltway,
  • byroad,
  • bypass,
  • byway.
  •
  • down.
  •act (noun)
  • descent.
  •ancestry (noun)
  • 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.
  •antecedent(s) (noun)
  • forefather mothers,
  • forefather mother,
  • forefathermothers,
  • forefather-mother,
  • fore-bears,
  • forefathermother,
  • forefather-mothers,
  • fore bears.
  •assault, attack (noun)
  • pounce,
  • invasion.
  •birth (noun)
  • heritances.
  •class (noun)
  • de grees,
  • de-gree,
  • the right stuffs,
  • de-grees,
  • cultural levels,
  • de gree,
  • social ranks.
  •comedown (noun)
  • 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.
  •declension (noun)
  • declension.
  •declination (noun)
  • declination.
  •decline (noun)
  • 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.
  •derivation (noun)
  • well springs,
  • well spring,
  • whence it cames,
  • well-springs,
  • be-ginning,
  • whence cames,
  • whence came,
  • be ginning.
  •descent (noun)
  • slip,
  • line,
  • slide,
  • fall,
  • downslope,
  • filiation.
  •deterioration (noun)
  • cadence,
  • rotting,
  • degringolade,
  • vitiation,
  • abasement,
  • decadence,
  • pathos,
  • Downcome,
  • lessening,
  • degradation,
  • debasement.
  •dip (noun)
  • sinkages.
  •discomfiture (noun)
  • up set,
  • disconcertment,
  • disconcertion.
  •downfall (noun)
  • on rock,
  • de-luges,
  • road ruin,
  • de-luge,
  • de luge,
  • de luges,
  • the skid,
  • on the rock,
  • on rocks,
  • rack ruin.
  •downturn (noun)
  • sinkings,
  • downtick.
  •family (noun)
  • 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.
  •family tree (noun)
  • genealogical chart,
  • Genealogical Trees,
  • ancestral tree,
  • stemma,
  • family history,
  • Genealogical Tree.
  •foray (noun)
  • de-predations,
  • de-predation,
  • in-roads,
  • in road,
  • de predations,
  • in-road,
  • in roads,
  • de predation.
  •genealogy (noun)
  • pro genitures,
  • pro-geniture,
  • progenitures,
  • pro-genitures,
  • geneticses,
  • pro geniture,
  • blood lines.
  •grade (noun)
  • up-grades,
  • inclined planes,
  • up grades,
  • up grade.
  •header (noun)
  • header.
  •heritage (noun)
  • birth.
  •incline (noun)
  • in-clines,
  • in cline,
  • in-cline,
  • in clines.
  •lapse (noun)
  • retro-gradation,
  • retro gradation,
  • retro-gradations,
  • retro gradations.
  •line of ancestry (noun)
  • relationship,
  • heredity.
  •mound (noun)
  • hill.
  •nosedive (noun)
  • downward slopes.
  •parentage (noun)
  • race,
  • breed.
  •plunge (noun)
  • submersion,
  • swoop,
  • nose-dives,
  • Submersions,
  • immersion,
  • submergence,
  • high dive.
  •predecessor(s) in family (noun)
  • antecedent(s).
  •raid (noun)
  • hit and runs,
  • hit-and-runs,
  • tipovers,
  • shootups,
  • breakin,
  • forced entrances,
  • hit and run.
  •slope (noun)
  • de-flection,
  • de-flections,
  • rising grounds,
  • obliquenesses,
  • de flection,
  • de flections,
  • steepnesses.
  •slump (noun)
  • fallingoffs,
  • bad periods,
  • fallingoff,
  • falling-offs.
  •stock (noun)
  • line descent.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • rot,
  • progenitor,
  • regression,
  • glide,
  • descendant,
  • perversion.
  •
  • jump,
  • ancestor,
  • father,
  • antecedent.
  •
  • nosedive.
  •
  • take off,
  • drop off,
  • skid.
  •
  • landing.
  •
  • increase,
  • dive.
  •
  • trip.

Paraphrases for Descent:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    ancestry.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    parentage, ancestry.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    dive, filiation, descending, pedigree, descend, decline, raid.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    origin, origins.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    descendant, lineage, descendent, offspring, progeny, origin, affiliation, Alighting, ethnicity, strain, ascendancy, seed, decrease.

Antonyms for Descent:

• n.

  • assault, attack
    withdrawal, retreat.
  • deterioration
    success, promotion, boon.
  • moving down; lowering
    evenness, level, elevation, ascent, rise, ascension, upgrade, increase, improvement.
  • 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.

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.

  • act
    rappel, nose dive, dive, swoop, crash dive, jump, nosedive, abseil, collapse, flop, drop, parachuting.
  • attribute
    full blood.
  • event
    lightening, fall, slide, set, drop, sinking, shower, cascade.

Hyponym for Descent:

• n.

  • act
    movement, move, motion.
  • attribute
    lineage, ancestry, filiation, derivation.
  • event
    travel, change of location.