Descendants
Descendants noun - All of the offspring of a given progenitor.
People and descendants are semantically related. In some cases you can use "People" instead a noun "Descendants".
People
People noun - Human beings in general.
Descendants and people are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Descendants" instead a noun "People".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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More like not-yet-born famous people in case of Macbeth, through the vision of Banquo's descendants as kings in Act 4.
Source: Young Future Famous People - Many Christians in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries also believed that dark-skinned people were the descendants of Ham and a wife who was descended from Cain.
Source: The Descendants of Cain - For their own good, a wizard put a spell on the people and their descendants that required them to abstain from violence.
Source: Perfect Pacifist People
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People and Descendants. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/descendants/people
Descendants & People. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/descendants/people>.
People or Descendants. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/descendants/people.
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