Antonyms 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

Matched Categories

1. • Change Of Location
   • Lineage
   • Motion

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1. descentnoun

   a movement downward

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

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

2. origin, descent, extractionnoun

   properties attributable to your ancestry

   "he comes from good origins"

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

   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

3. descentnoun

   the act of changing your location in a downward direction

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

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

4. descent, line of descent, lineage, filiationnoun

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

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

   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

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

   a downward slope or bend

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

   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

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"

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

   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

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1. descentnoun

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

How to use descent in a sentence?

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. Menander:

   When you see a man elated with pride, glorying in his riches and high descent, rising even above fortune, look out for his speedy punishment; for he is only raised the higher that he may fall with a heavier crash.

3. Raquel Welch:

   My father came from a country called Bolivia. He was of Spanish descent. I never went to Bolivia until I was 60 years old, but apparently when he was 17, he had already planned his entire academic curriculum so that he could graduate high school and enter college in the United States. That's how much he wanted to come to this country.

4. Thomas Stecher:

   Our partners assessed the situation early in the morning and there was no danger, if they had doubts, they certainly would not have opened the descent to the valley.

5. Mikail Ozen:

   I, as a Muslim of Turkish descent, want to say : I live in Austria, I was born in Austria, I went to school in Austria and learned my profession here in Austria, if the same thing were to happen again today, I would do the exact same thing without a second thought. Because we live in Austria, we stand with Austria.

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