Descendants
Descendants noun - All of the offspring of a given progenitor.
Forebears and descendants are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Forebears" instead a noun "Descendants".
Forebears
Descendants and forebears are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Descendants" instead a noun "Forebears".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- people and descendants
- people and forebears
- race and descendants
- race and forebears
- children and descendants
- children and forebears
- family and descendants
- family and forebears
- kin and descendants
- kin and forebears
- ancestry and descendants
- ancestry and forebears
- stock and descendants
- stock and forebears
Both words in one sentence
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The descendants of extra-planar creatures in Dungeons & Dragons tend towards the alignments of their forebears.
Source: In the Blood - The main characters are descendants of the families and inherited magic powers from their forebears.
Source: Salem Is Witch Country -
Also Night Wolf and Night Cat Back Story: Considering that main characters are the descendants of a famous Superhero group and that many of them have assumed their forebears' identities and abilities (and it some cases their enemies), this is a given.
Source: Literature / Legion of Nothing
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Forebears and Descendants. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/descendants/forebears
Descendants & Forebears. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/descendants/forebears>.
Forebears or Descendants. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/descendants/forebears.
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