Synonyms for descent
dɪˈsɛntde·scent

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1. descentnoun

   Antonyms:
   ascent

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1. descent

   Kind is broader than kin, denoting the most general relationship, as of the whole human species in mankind, humankind, etc.; kin and kindred denote direct relationship that can be traced through either blood or marriage, preferably the former; either of these words may signify collectively all persons of the same blood or members of the same family, relatives or relations. Affinity is relationship by marriage, consanguinity is relationship by blood. There are no true antonyms of kin or kindred, except those made by negatives, since strangers, aliens, foreigners, and foes may still be kin or kindred.

   Synonyms:
   affinity, alliance, birth, blood, consanguinity, family, kin, kind, kindred, race, relationship

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1. descentnoun

   a movement downward

   Synonyms:
   declension, lineage, pedigree, stock, ancestry, stemma, blood, extraction, decline, declination, origin, parentage, downslope, line of descent, declivity, line, blood line, fall, bloodline, filiation

   Antonyms:
   upgrade, climb, ascent, acclivity, raise, rise

2. origin, descent, extractionnoun

   properties attributable to your ancestry

   "he comes from good origins"

   Synonyms:
   fall, rootage, parentage, declination, lineage, downslope, root, declension, stock, ancestry, stemma, blood, extraction, decline, declivity, origin, inception, line of descent, line, blood line, pedigree, source, bloodline, origination, filiation, beginning

   Antonyms:
   upgrade, climb, acclivity, raise, rise, ascent

3. descentnoun

   the act of changing your location in a downward direction

   Synonyms:
   declension, lineage, pedigree, stock, ancestry, stemma, blood, extraction, decline, declination, origin, parentage, downslope, line of descent, declivity, line, blood line, fall, bloodline, filiation

   Antonyms:
   upgrade, ascent, climb, acclivity, raise, rise

4. descent, line of descent, lineage, filiationnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   declension, lineage, pedigree, stock, ancestry, stemma, blood, extraction, decline, declination, origin, parentage, downslope, line of descent, declivity, line, blood line, derivation, fall, bloodline, filiation, linage

   Antonyms:
   upgrade, climb, raise, rise, ascent, acclivity

5. descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslopenoun

   a downward slope or bend

   Synonyms:
   extraction, pin, stemma, crepuscule, parentage, dip, pedigree, gloam, bloodline, twilight, diminution, decline in quality, dec, spill, gloaming, downslope, tumble, regrets, declivity, decay, decline, surrender, worsening, declination, lineage, fall, filiation, autumn, stock, deterioration, evenfall, origin, celestial latitude, line, line of descent, downfall, declension, drop, crepuscle, nightfall, dusk, free fall, ancestry, blood, blood line, capitulation

   Antonyms:
   acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade

6. lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stocknoun

   the descendants of one individual

   "his entire lineage has been warriors"

   Synonyms:
   personal credit line, inception, cable, business, billet, stemma, origination, rakehell, store, beginning, ancestry, filiation, roue, agate line, lineage, crinkle, stock, telephone circuit, declivity, farm animal, linage, seam, inventory, bloodline, root, course, crease, melodic line, air, channel, short letter, production line, job, occupation, assembly line, parenthood, contrast, downslope, gillyflower, birth, product line, livestock, line of work, blood, bank line, line of merchandise, personal line of credit, rake, melody, decline, derivation, strain, neckcloth, dividing line, rootage, transmission line, breed, ocellus, gunstock, line of descent, argumentation, profligate, logical argument, phone line, furrow, rail line, parentage, wrinkle, blood line, melodic phrase, fund, rip, line of business, pedigree, extraction, declination, pipeline, line of credit, line, business line, railway line, demarcation, subscriber line, line of products, origin, stock certificate, fall, communication channel, caudex, telephone line, credit line, declension, source, broth, line of reasoning, tune, note, simple eye, argument

   Antonyms:
   climb, acclivity, ascent, upgrade, raise, rise

Matched Categories

1. • Change Of Location
   • Lineage
   • Motion

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1. descentnoun

   Synonyms:
   fall

2. descentnoun

   Synonyms:
   declivity, slope

3. descentnoun

   Synonyms:
   extraction, derivation, parentage

4. descentnoun

   Synonyms:
   attack, assault, incursion, foray, raid, hostile invasion

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1. descentnoun

   Synonyms:
   descension, incursion, raid, foray, derivation, lineage, extraction, parentage, birth, declivity, slope, decline, dismounting, bathos, escarpment, scarp

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1. List of paraphrases for "descent":

   ancestry, filiation, parentage, origin, lineage, progeny, downhill, offspring, alighting, descendant, pedigree, strain, affiliation, raid, ascendancy

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1. Rachel Zegler:

   I never in a million years imagined that that would be a possibility for me, particularly Snow White, in general you don't normally see Snow Whites that are of Latin descent.

2. Chief Executive Officer Richard Edelman:

   NGOs were a rocket ship going up but we are now seeing their descent. The NGO sector is seen as important enough to take seriously and judge if it is performing or not.

3. Christine Molis:

   It made me think about: Why would he target just them? What have we done? What did they do to him? They are just normal people going about their normal lives, like everybody else, how do you know they are not American citizens? Just because they're of Mexican descent?

4. Michelle Bachelet:

   The data tells us of a devastating impact from Covid-19 on people of African descent, as well as ethnic minorities in some countries, including Brazil, France, the United Kingdom and the United States, in many other places, we expect similar patterns are occurring, but we are unable to say for sure given that data by race and ethnicity is simply not being collected or reported.

5. Shem Malmquist:

   The descent rates that can develop were far, far greater than what they were used to, the investigators were right that the airplane itself was safe. They left out that the pilots weren't trained to handle it.