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Synonyms for descent
dɪˈsɛntde·scent
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Wiktionary
descentnoun
Antonyms:
ascent
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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
Princeton's WordNet
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, filiationorigin, 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, beginningdescentnoun
the act of changing your location in a downward direction
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declension, lineage, pedigree, stock, ancestry, stemma, blood, extraction, decline, declination, origin, parentage, downslope, line of descent, declivity, line, blood line, fall, bloodline, filiationdescent, 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, linagedescent, 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, capitulationlineage, 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
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
descentnoun
Synonyms:
falldescentnoun
descentnoun
Synonyms:
extraction, derivation, parentagedescentnoun
Synonyms:
attack, assault, incursion, foray, raid, hostile invasion
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
descentnoun
Synonyms:
descension, incursion, raid, foray, derivation, lineage, extraction, parentage, birth, declivity, slope, decline, dismounting, bathos, escarpment, scarp
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "descent":
ancestry, filiation, parentage, origin, lineage, progeny, downhill, offspring, alighting, descendant, pedigree, strain, affiliation, raid, ascendancy
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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.
These patrons had to see and listen to graphic descriptions of the incident which killed Breonna Taylor because Mattingly was provided video equipment, a microphone, and a speaker and was able to be heard throughout the restaurant, it is beyond reprehensible to subject anyone, let alone children and customers of African American descent, to such indecent exposure, graphic and upsetting images while they were attempting to enjoy their meal.
Entry, descent and landing is not for the faint of heart, make no mistake, we still have something to prove here on entry tomorrow.
Mitchelton Scott rider Van Vleuten:
It was unbelievable. With 300 meters to go I still thought I would get second and then I saw her dying. To win like this... it was a tough ride, but beautiful `, the gap going into the descent was really small and Anna is also a really good descender, but I always keep believing and keep on thinking that anything is possible and never give up. That was really important today.
The Gloucester was our fourth dive season looking for The Gloucester, we were starting to believe that we were not going to find her, we'd dived so much and just found sand. On my descent to the seabed the first thing I spotted were large cannons laying on white sand, it was awe-inspiring and really beautiful. We were the only people in the world at that moment in time who knew where the wreck lay.
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- اصلArabic
- нанадолнище, спускане, слизане, произход, понижениеBulgarian
- baixadaCatalan, Valencian
- sestup, spád, pád, původCzech
- afstamningDanish
- HerkunftGerman
- bajada, descenso, ascendencia, origenSpanish
- syntyperäFinnish
- descendance, origineFrench
- teàrnadh, sinnsearachdScottish Gaelic
- ascendenzaItalian
- 降下Japanese
- 하강Korean
- heketangaMāori
- afkomst, helling, herkomst, afdalingDutch
- pochodzenie, [[droga]] [[w]] [[dół]], zejściePolish
- declive, origem, decadência, descendência, ascendência, descidaPortuguese
- coborâreRomanian
- спуск, происхождение, понижение, схождениеRussian
- òbronak, rȏd, pàdina, podrijétlo, nágib, spȕst, pȃd, sìlazak, porijéklo, sílazSerbo-Croatian
- спускUkrainian
- نسلUrdu
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