Descendant
Descendant noun - A person considered as descended from some ancestor or race.
Family and descendant are semantically related. in offspring topic. In some cases you can use "Family" instead a noun "Descendant".
Family
Family noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.
Usage example: the Adams family made remarkable contributions to American life for more than two centuries
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Synonyms for Family
Nearby Word: familial
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| known | known descendant | known family |
| close | close descendant | close family |
| good | good descendant | good family |
| current | current descendant | current family |
| Other adjectives: original, noble, true, single, powerful, actual, real, evil, little, main, living, innocent, famous, new, remaining, surviving, biological. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- The only descendant of a Vongola boss left is Tsunayoshi Sawada from the Japanese family, getting an ordinary Japanese kid into a Mafia family he didn't know he was related to.
Source: Unexpected Successor -
Spin-Offspring: Velvet Remedy is a direct descendant of Sweetie Belle, while Littlepip is descended from an undefined branch of the Apple family.
Source: Fanfic / Fallout: Equestria -
Not only that, but one of the original branches of the family died out, and several descendant branches have been in feuds with each other.
Source: Tangled Family Tree
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Family and Descendant. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/descendant/family
Descendant & Family. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/descendant/family>.
Family or Descendant. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/descendant/family.
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